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"A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind."
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"The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies."
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"The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty."
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"In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away."
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"For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career."
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"History shows how feeble are barriers of paper."
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"In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves."
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"The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron."
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"When did one man ever civilize a people?"
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"Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience."
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"Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome."
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"This grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on."
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"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."
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"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."
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"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values."
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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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"Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end."
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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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"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."
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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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