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One cannot deny that in former times man's life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore, that modern civilization and the progress of science have greatly improved man's life and have brought comfort and ease in their trail.

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The true pioneer of civilization is not the newspaper, not religion, not the railroad - but whiskey!

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There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of degraded barbarians, the other of enlightened civilized people.

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Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

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I would be very ashamed of my civilization if we did not try to find out if there is life in outer space.

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The city is all right. To live in one Is to be civilized, stay up and read Or sing and dance all night and see sunrise By waiting up instead of getting up.

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In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.

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I believe in corporations. They are indispensable instruments of our modern civilization. But I believe they should be so regulated that they shall act for the interests of the community as a whole.

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Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues.

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The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.

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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

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The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

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The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

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Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

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My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

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It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim of respectability. . . . So strongly do we feel on this point, indeed, that we are almost inclined to consider all who possess really well-conditioned umbrellas as worthy of the Franchise.

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Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.

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A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.

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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

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We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.

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