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“Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and una...”
“The civilized man is technologically ahead of intellectually behind his time.”
“It ain't technology that enhances the civilization..but the way mankind perceives nature from all standpoints.”
“What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?”
“Wolves eat dogs." That did seem to be the consensus of the village, Arkady thought. Roman shook his head as if he'd given the matter a lot of consideration. "Wolves hate dogs. Wolves hunt down dogs...”
“Where the human need for order meetsthe human tendency to mayhem, where civilization runs smack against its discontents, you find friction, and a great deal of general wear and tear.”
“The more civilized people are, the more honorable working hard is to them. As a result, the more civilized we get, the less we live.”
“The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy.”
“A call to embrace democracy is the worst insult to a society that is still alien to civilisation. It is like being asked to dance to the tune of mob justice.”
“If human beings were really progressive creatures, then all boys would be smarter, healthier, and, wealthier, than their grandfathers.”
“War, Nobby. Huh! What is it good for?" he said. "Dunno, Sarge. Freeing slaves, maybe?""Absolwell, okay." "Defending yourself against a totalitarian aggressor?""All right, I'll grant you that, but""...”
“But its a pretense, its artificial, Adelia protested. Love, honor, respect. When are they ever extended to everyday women? I doubt if that boy actually practices what hes singing. Its its a pleasan...”
“Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world; that it shall abridge distan...”
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democrac...”
“Were living in topsy-turvy times, and I think that what causes the topsy-turvy feeling is inadequacy of old forms of thought to deal with new experiences. Ive heard it said that the only real learn...”
“Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex.”
“The collective consciousness of mankind defines the existence and sustainability of this civilization.”
“We've become so civilized it is unnatural to be naked.”
“Of one thing I am certain: No single people, tradition, religion, governmental form, ethical program, moral code, or civilization has had sufficient wisdom and goodness to set the pattern and gover...”
“Civilization on Earth planet was equated with selfishness and greed; those people who lived in a civilized state exploited those who did not. There were shortages of vital commodities on Earth plan...”
