Explore Quotes on Civilization

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

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

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.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.