We live in a civilized world, and have a come a really way since the first civilzations. Here are some quotes and sayings on civilization.
I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise.
Arthur Henderson
Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.
Edward Abbey
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.
John Muir
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.
Will Durant
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
Bill Cosby
The test of civilization is its estimate of women.
George William Curtis
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
Will Durant
Here are more Civilization Quotes on sayingspage.com.