I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future.
If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization.
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.
In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.
If one is searching for the cause of brutality in mankind, it would do well to remember that civilization is a great and vast machine.
There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.
Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.
America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.
If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.
Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere.
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
