- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
Civilization Quotes
Thoughts on what societies leave behind.
These lines take a wide view of civilization, from questioning claims about lost ancient cultures to noting how useful ideas can curdle over time. Related reading includes History quotes.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Situation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization.
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The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.
- Deadly
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
- Morality
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Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.
- Modern
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.
- Nov 07, 2020