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Simms

The true law of the race is progres…

24 Sep , 2019  

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whatever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian. Great short quote and quotation by: Simms ,

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The true civilization is where ever…

24 Sep , 2019  

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Ingersoll , US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, & orator (1833 – 1899)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude

The true test of a civilization is …

24 Sep , 2019  

The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops?no, but the kind of man the country turns out. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Walter Bagehot

The whole history of civilization i…

25 Jan , 2017  

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. Great short quote and quotation by: Walter Bagehot , English economist & journalist (1826 – 1877)

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To be able to fill leisure intellig…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. Great short quote and quotation by: Arnold Toynbee , English historian & historical philosopher (1889 – 1975)

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Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14

To be able to fill leisure intellig…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell, Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 14 , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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To be able to fill leisure intellig…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Bourke Cockran

Underlying the whole scheme of civi…

4 Aug , 2011  

Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future. Great short quote and quotation by: Bourke Cockran ,

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Howard Zinn

Was all this bloodshed and deceit -…

15 Feb , 2011  

Was all this bloodshed and deceit – from Columbus to Cortes, Pizarro the Puritans – a necessity for the human race to progress from savagery to civilization? Was Morison right in burying the story of genocide inside a more important story of human progress? Perhaps a persuasive argument can be made – as it was […]

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We have staked the whole future of …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according […]

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James Madison, (attributed)

We have staked the whole future of …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according […]

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George F. Will

We know next to nothing about virtu…

15 Feb , 2011  

We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: George F. Will , US editor, commentator, & columnist […]

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