Civilisation Quotations

What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them.

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.

You cannot have both truth and what you call civilisation.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

We did not realise how fragile our civilisation was.

Civilisation is a conspiracy.

All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that

Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.

Education is the transformation of civilisation

To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.

Civilisation and profits go hand in hand.

I'm sick. I've eaten civilisation and I'm sick.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.

A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.

Paris is the fountain-head of European civilisation, as Gomukhi is of the Ganga.

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.