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"Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future."
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"This civilization is the impact of the world's consumption behavior."
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"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."
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"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."
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"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."
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"Old people have wisdom but not energy; young people have energy but not wisdom; energy and wisdom must be in the same body to create a much better civilisation! To do this, we will either give energy to the old or we will give wisdom to the young and for now the latter seems a more plausible action!"
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"For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization."
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"Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights."
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"Adoration is a sign of an infant civilization."
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"A civilization is built upon the edifice of genuine human minds, not the primitive and deluded minds of barbarian apes, who in most cases read one book of opinions written hundreds or thousands of years ago and think that they have factual answers to all the questions in the world."
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"Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind."
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Explore more quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

"I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."
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"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail."
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"If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back."
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"Let us have peace."
Peace

"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training."
Fortune

"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."
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"I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally."
Nation

"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor."
Man

"My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent."
Failure

"I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again."
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