"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization."

Civilization, Capitalism, Invention

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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."

George Orwell, British Author

Civilization, Evil, Heaven, Hell

"I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Civilization, Poison

"If this is called civilization, then I am afraid humanity is no more civilized than the Tyrannosaurus Rex."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"The majority of India's adult and elderly population is too medieval to think as civilized, rational and progressive human beings."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Civilization, Society, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"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."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Education is not the amount of information that is pushed into the brain and causes havoc there, undigested all through a lifetime. Education must be a symposium of life-building, character- making and assimilation of ideas in the pursuit of building a more harmonious, peaceful and truly civilized world."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Civilization, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Education

"Libraries, museums, universities, everything we designed and built over six thousand years. Cities are more than the sum of their infrastructure. They transcend brick and mortar, concrete and steel. They're the vessels into which human knowledge is poured."

Rick Yancey, American Author

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"There is nothing more savage than modern civilization."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Civilization, Truth, Life, Culture

"What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete."

Alfred de Vigny, French Poet

Civilization, Values, Events

"Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization make."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Civilization, Technology, Progress, Humanity, Ethics

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"It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction."

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"Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life."

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"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs."

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"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."

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"Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth."

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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."

"I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt."

"If this is called civilization, then I am afraid humanity is no more civilized than the Tyrannosaurus Rex."

"The majority of India's adult and elderly population is too medieval to think as civilized, rational and progressive human beings."

"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."

"Libraries, museums, universities, everything we designed and built over six thousand years. Cities are more than the sum of their infrastructure. They transcend brick and mortar, concrete and steel. They're the vessels into which human knowledge is poured."

"There is nothing more savage than modern civilization."

"What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete."

"Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization make."

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"It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction."

"Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life."

"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization."

"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs."

"More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."

"If not me, who? And if not now, when?"

"Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind."

"If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum."

"My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could."

"Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth."