Civilization Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Civilization.
Top Quotes
“Against Civilization”
“Civilization and Its Discontents (1929)”
“The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.”
“Civilization is another word for respect for life.”
“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.”
“There is a flaw in civilization from the instant it has to admit fear.”
“Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.”
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
“Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.”
“Civilization depends upon the control of our instincts--aggression foremost among them.”
“There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.”
“Wikipedia: Civilization”
“In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.”
“Wiktionary: Civilization”
“They have things like the atom bomb! So, I'll think I'll stay where I am. Civilization? I'll stay right here!”
“Whatever the virtues of a civilization may be, it immediately belies them if it buys them by means of injustice and tyranny.”
“The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.”
“Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.”
“I believe, like you, that civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence, whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.”
“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.”