To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure. - Henry Ward Beecher Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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The history of our civilization, the great advances that made it possible, is not a story of cynics or doom criers. It is a gallant chronicle of the optimists, the determined people, men and women, who dreamed great dreams and dared to try whatever it took to make them come true. - Ronald Wilson Reagan Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. - Sigmund Freud Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. - Max Lerner Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. - Pearl Buck Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. - Sigmund Freud Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. - Arthur Erickson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. - Martin Luther King Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence. - Sigmund Freud Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I don't know if we should use the word 'war,' ... Now we are faced with a conflict of a completely new nature, a conflict that is attempting to destroy human rights, freedom, the dignity of man, and I believe that everything must be done to safeguard these values of civilization. - Jacques Chirac Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. - Otto Bismarck Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization is mentioned little or nothing. - Paula Allen Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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But the great miracle of the nineteenth century-the building of a new nation... and diffusing among them the necessities and comforts of civilization to a greater extent than the world had ever known before is explained by the development of harvesting machinery and of the railroad. - John Moody Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artist's power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds meet occasionally, it is pure coincidence. - Paul Klee Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. - Arthur Keith Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence. - Henry Cabot Lodge Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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The word ''civilization'' to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don't believe in the golden ages, you see... civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture. - Henry Miller Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. - Ludwig Mises Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Women are a great source of strength in creating human civilization, ... The promotion of gender equality and protection of women's rights impact on the immediate interests of women and decide whether human beings can fully develop their potential and pursue a better life. - Hu Jintao Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Today it costs over a billion dollars for a space shuttle flight. The costa is fundamentally what's holding us back from becoming a space traveling civilization and ultimately a multi-planet species. - Elon Musk Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. - Henry George Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. - Harry Truman Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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The foundations of civilization are no stronger and no more enduring than the corporate integrity of the homes on which they rest. If the home deteriorates, civilization will crumble and fall. - Billy Graham Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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Civilization is only savagery silver-gilt. - H. Rider Haggard Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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