"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, Existence

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"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."

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"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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Calvin Coolidge, American President

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"Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery."

Fannie Farmer, American Celebrity

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"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else."

Solomon Schechter, Romanian Clergyman

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Tahar Ben Jelloun, French Poet

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"Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others."

William Jennings Bryan, American Lawyer

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"If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

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"Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization."

Pierre Schaeffer, French Composer

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"The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young."

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"Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times."

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