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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson

Will Free Nation State Civilization Never Expects Ignorant

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Relationship Together Peace Science People World Live Relationships Must Ability Kinds Civilization Cultivate Survive Same Human To Survive Human Relationships

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. Will Rogers

Rights Equality Will Others Recognize Civilization Never True Until Learned

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. Elie Wiesel

Future Memory Culture Society Would Would-Be No Future Civilization Without

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

Country Only Only Country Civilization Between Without Decadence America In-Between Barbarism

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy. Allan Savory

Food Army World Agriculture Church Fiber Waters Market Possible City Crop Civilization Economy Without Stock Stock Market Any Stable Banks Holds Land Production Popular Belief Foundation University

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand

Savage Freedom Privacy Man Progress Men Free Society Setting Ruled Tribe Laws Civilization Toward His Existence Process Public Whole

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence. Sigmund Freud

Lasting Neither Civilization Unsatisfied Drives Participants Prospect Leaves Nor Existence Revolt Which Them Large Deserves Number

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. Will Durant

Liberty Chaos Civilization Begins Dies Order Grows

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Death Spiritual Men Nation Own Purchases Civilization Installment Plan Produce

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. Mark Twain

Unnecessary Civilization Limitless Necessities

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud

First Civilization Instead Insult Stone Human Who Founder

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. Thomas Sowell

Generation Too Late Before Too Late Must Born Invasion Civilization Civilized New New Generation Effect Little Barbarians Who Each

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. Reinhold Niebuhr

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. Thomas Sowell

You Be Prepared Civilization Force Accept Barbarism Then Use Prepared Defend

When humor goes, there goes civilization. Erma Bombeck

Humor Civilization Goes

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. Ayn Rand

Men Morality Civilization Altruism Survive Any To Survive Reject

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. Milton Friedman

Government Great World Way Runs Construct Civilization Pursuing Self Individuals Come Industry Ford His Revolutionize Bureaucrat Achievements Order Automobile Automobile Industry Einstein Interests Theory Henry Henry Ford Great Achievements

To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. Jonathan Sacks

Education You Army Country Civilization Defend Need

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