Civilisation Quotes

Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them.

I'm sick. I've eaten civilisation and I'm sick.

Without the law, you can't have society. But without the arts, you can't have civilisation

Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.

Civilisation and profits go hand in hand.

Civilisation is a conspiracy.

CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

We did not realise how fragile our civilisation was.

Education is the transformation of civilisation

To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.

Curiosity is the engine of civilisation

You cannot have both truth and what you call civilisation.

When one is the agent of order and civilisation in the universe, one doesn't stoop to negotiate. Especially with nonhumans.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.