Civilizations Quotes

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America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.

He who writes well runs the civilization. Everyone else does the grunt work.

I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died.

On Mars, the crumbling remains of ancient civilizations may be found, mutely testifying to the one-time glory of a dying world.

Powell’s face appeared on screen. “It’s true, the doomsday crowd is a little crazy, ” she said, looking thoughtful. “But that doesn’t mean they’re wrong.

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact

Nothing is more important than a great idea that influenced thedevelopment of civilization.

The map showed human places I'd never heard of - places that had once been great civilizations, until humans forgot the world wasn't theirs to claim.

If one is searching for the cause of brutality in mankind, it would do well to remember that civilization is a great and vast machine.