civilization

Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviours by other, secular motives, would proceed unobtrusively. . . .

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind. . . .

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

For nearly 2,000 years of Christian civilization, taking the life of an unborn child was regarded as a vile and heinous moral offense which degraded humanity. . . . Abortions to avoid illegitimate births, or otherwise for convenience, were performed with a secrecy that was as much the mark of the shame attaching to the deed as a consequence of its illegality.

We are fortunate to live in such interesting times, we have a ringside seat for the fall of western civilization, the only problem is that it is inside the ring.

We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and morning star.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.

Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.