Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting..

We don't have the right to tell less fortunate disadvantaged people that they can't come to the USA and get what we have. You see, that's all predica….

The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends..

But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their specialized knowledge the few ind….

The famous Greek physician Hippocrates administered musical treatments to his patients in 400 B.C. Although this type of treatment did not originate ….

NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization..

It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new [post-Cold-War] world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic….

...what makes you older is when your bones, muscles and blood wear out, when the heart sinks into oblivion and all the houses you ever lived in are g….

We argue with our biology, and the result of that argument is civilization..

Let me repeat that: Our civilization is constitutionally incapable of reversing the annihilation of natural capital, or even slowing it down. Get use….

The cradles of civilization are the putrid sinks of the world..

A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shorts….

All the stuff that makes life worth living is produced privately, and all that the government does is slow down the progress of civilization and brin….

It's interesting sometimes to read about the last days of past civilizations. It's hard not to notice during these readings that those last days were….

In North Africa they had the Arab with the gun and whip, but he could force people to do things ... and he accomplished a tremendous amount of exterm….

Our schools are, in a sense, factories, in which the raw products (children) are to be shaped and fashioned into products to meet the various demands….

In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language….

I was always interested in the larger picture, I was pre-law in college, and had a degree in economics. I was very interested in the big question 'ho….

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation becom….

It was for Columbus, when the right hour struck, forced and propelled by this fresh life, to reveal the land where these new principles were to be br….

The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism a….