The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have read more

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with read more

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.

You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.

You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.