Quotes of: Western-civilization Keyword

To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.

Theodore Dalrymple

A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.

John Milius

My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization.

Richard Foreman

Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.

Terence McKenna

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

Vine Deloria, Jr.

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

Dinesh D'Souza

In Western Civilization, our elders are books.

The Practice of the Wild: Essays

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.

Jerry Springer

To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.

Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs of one's society can lead to a sense of powerlessness. In an age that is often crisis-laden and chaotic, an ...

Jackson J. Spielvogel

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

while modernity is not Christianity, modernity is the product of a Christian civilization. Lately the defects of modernity have been made plain to us while its virtues have been taken for granted.

The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life.

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

The Romans were a strong power before Virgil, but the Greeks had captured their imaginations. While Rome conquered physical Greece, Greek mythology had enveloped Rome. The Empire coul be confident in itself until a Roman poet matched Homer and harmon...

The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization

By reading older books we get a taste of the conversation of Heaven.

The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

Liu Xiaobo