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Civilization Quotes
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We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband. (Quote by - Silvio Berlusconi)
Immigration law is civil law; law enforcement never enforces civil law. (Quote by - Angelica Salas)
The National Security Agency activities described by the president were conducted in accordance with the law and provide a critical tool in the war on terror that saves lives and protects civil liberties at the same time. (Quote by - Brian Roehrkasse)
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. (Quote by - Christiane Amanpour)
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
Art is the signature of civilizations. (Quote by - Beverly Sills)
We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution. (Quote by - Victor Hugo)
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. (Quote by - Sigmund Freud)
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization. (Quote by - Adrienne Clarkson)
A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity. (Quote by - Friedrich Nietzsche)
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall. (Quote by - Frank Lloyd Wright)
You get immersed in the history of the place. You learn a lot more about the Civil War and individuals involved in the Civil War. (Quote by - Marcia Freeman)
Interest in the Civil War is at an all-time high. The government starves the Park Service for resources, but Gettysburg National Military Park is the best place to go to learn about the Civil War. (Quote by - James McPherson)
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. (Quote by - Robert A. Heinlein)