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The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. Mercy Otis Warren
Love Power Lust All Nations Arbitrary Arbitrary Power Degrees Prevailed Civilization Proportion Uncontrolled Perhaps Domination Nations Among
I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science. Michio Kaku
Today You Science Wealth Prosperity Believe Civilization Look Around Engine
Too often, wealthy people born on third base blithely criticize the poor for failing to hit home runs. The advantaged sometimes perceive empathy as a sign of muddle-headed weakness rather than as a marker of civilization. Nicholas Kristof
Home People Sometimes Too Sign Weakness Criticize Wealthy Runs Born Perceive Rather Civilization Empathy Failing Hit Than Often Poor Home Runs Base Third
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. Norman Borlaug
Today Food Adequate Evolved Civilization Food Supply Could Supply Known Without Nor Survive
Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization. Pierre Schaeffer
Think Civilization Always Barbarians Themselves
Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere. Ray Bradbury
Knowledge You Important Imagination Collecting Civilization Facts Use Nowhere
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Robert Green Ingersoll
Man Every Other Claims Gives Civilization He True Himself Where Right Every Man
One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. Rutherford B. Hayes
People Criminals Civilization Tests Treatment
You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror. Shimon Peres
You Mirror Invention Civilization Know Began
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. Simone Weil
Work Spirituality Lies Civilization True Contemporary True Greatness Greatness Form Founded
Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason. Theodore Dreiser
Beast Stage Our Guided Scarcely Civilization Instinct Longer Still Human Middle Reason Wholly
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. Thomas Carlyle
Great Religion Gun Three Civilization Powder Protestant Printing Modern Modern Civilization Elements
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top. Timothy Leary
Society Top Unbearable Civilization Less
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization? William Wilberforce
Degree Country Our Must Carrying Would Small Civilization Civilized Vast Suppose Trade Does Very Any Africa Should Naturally Help Utterly Extent Slave Consequence
Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization. Dinesh D'Souza
Christianity Civilization Western Western Civilization Very Root Foundation
Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet. Abdelaziz Bouteflika
History Defeat Some Civilization Obliterate Longer Force Ideologies Without Material Planet Whole Shown
It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. Abel Ferrara
God You Problem Big Think Everyone About Only Civilization Know Talk Forbid Talking Big Fan Western Western Civilization Big Problem Die Going Oh Oh God The Only Thing Fan Dying Mean Them Certain Right Thing
Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. Abraham Flexner
War Nation Rich Pay Enough Our Our Choice We Cannot Must Both Civilization Make Cannot Choice
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization. Agnes Repplier
Spring Tea Luxuries Has-Been Thousand Civilization Well Said Been Wants Which Suggestive
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. Aharon Appelfeld
Become Situation Tribe Voice Civilization Writer Individuality Narrow-Minded His Western Western Civilization Very
Egypt was the first democracy in the Middle East. Women were unveiled in the 1920s. Egypt is a country of civilization, of culture. It shouldn't be suffering. Ahmed Zewail
Democracy Suffering Culture Women First Country East Civilization Unveiled Were Egypt Middle Middle East
Although there exist in the world today some microbes of the soul, such as discrimination and aggression, science was and still is the core of progress for humanity and the continuity of civilization. Ahmed Zewail
Today Soul Science Humanity World Progress Some Civilization Although Still Continuity Exist Discrimination Aggression Core
Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denominations. There are at least ten such ethnic and religious groups. Ahmed Zewail
Syria Ancient Muslims Religious Minorities Ten Various Civilization Proud Least Denomination Heir Ethnic Unique Groups Spectrum Christians
As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change. Al Gore
Buy Future Change Money Every Bit Ways Destroy Gulf Borrowing Civilization Throughout Said Years Persian Persian Gulf Human Oil Burn Human Civilization China Land Many
I'm really hopeful about the future of space exploration and human spaceflight. Civilization as we know it has been defined by exploration. You know, we need to go off and find out what's around the next corner and what's just beyond what we already know. It's part of our being; it's part of our moral fiber to go off and explore. Alan G. Poindexter
Future You Space Fiber Corner Our Defined Out Has-Been Hopeful Moral Find About Civilization Part Beyond Know Around Go Been Off Human Just Being Space Exploration Really Next Exploration Explore Need
God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. Aldous Huxley
Happiness God You Medicine Our Our Choice Machinery Must Civilization Make Scientific Choice Your Chosen Compatible Universal
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