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The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about prosperity, destruction, civilization, force, war, human imperfections, world

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, destruction, civilization

America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.

Quote by John O'Hara about civilization, country, being

If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.

Quote by Camille Paglia about civilization

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Quote by Theodore Parker about civilization, dark, light

The most secular, atheist historian on the planet would have to grant that the entire legal system of Western civilization pivots off those tablets.

Quote by Mike Pence about history, atheism, civilization

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization.

Quote by Henri Bergson about sex, civilization

I would dare to define civilization as perfected art of pretending.

Quote by Ugo Foscolo about civilization, art, magic

As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about nothing

It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record.

Quote by Joe Baca about nation

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about individuality, age, olderness, nothing, good, good luck

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.

Quote by John Abizaid about mentality, army, things, people, contentment

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

Quote by John Adams about destiny, nation, atheism, blind, essential, faith, man

Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.

Quote by George W. Bush about destruction, danger, world

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Quote by George W. Bush about promise, nation, courage, character

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Quote by Charles Dickens about money

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about revolution, tragedy, beginning, sex, end

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Quote by William Godwin about consequences, opinion, liberty, power, man, contentment

Please send protection to Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights marchers in Selma, Ala. Don't let him get killed.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

Polarization affects families and groups of friends. It's a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

Quote by Mick Jagger about opinion, war