If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.
Jacques BarzunA civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.
Oriana FallaciAmerica is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar WildeNot much was really invented during the Renaissance, if you don't count modern civilization.
P. J. O'RourkeDutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.
Paul Watson