Herbert Spencer Quotes
Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.
Herbert Spencer
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Now for good or ill, California is the place where trends tend to be set in Western civilization - if civilization indeed it is. California, for several generations now, has been the newest, biggest, most experimental place in the newest, biggest, most experimental part of liberal Western capitalism - which is itself a new experiment for mankind.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I believe it is our second duty to improve it. I believe it is our third duty to extend it if we can.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Practical dreamers have always been and always will be the pattern-makers of civilization.
Napoleon Hill
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You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, and wipe it clean of life - but if you desire to defend it, protect it,and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman Legions did - by putting your soldiers in the mud.
T. R. Fehrenbach
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... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization.
Freya Stark
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One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women.
Charles Fourier
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Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the savagery that lurks under civilization and emerges in our dreams, crimes and wars? ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.
Will Durant
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At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
Albert Camus
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The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing.
Francis Chan
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I've wanted to go out with you from the first moment I saw you. I just had to wait until you were ready.
Nicholas Sparks
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It's an amazing confidence boost when you have that swagger of knowing when you pull on the racetrack, all eyes are on you because they know you're the best.
Denny Hamlin
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Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.
Herbert Spencer