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#civilization

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The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment.


Derrick Jensen


#entropy #environmental-degradation #global-industrial-economy #impoverishment #economy

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


#cocktail #cop #culture #down #guns

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.


Ibrahim Babangida


#ages #books #civilization #great #harvest

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.


Irving Babbitt


#also #civilization #effectively #european #itself

In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul.


Edward Bach


#between #christ #civilization #example #glorious

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.


Richard Bach


#planet #stratosphere #wrecks

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.


George Bancroft


#brute force #civilization #common #common mind #degree

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.


Ambrose Bierce


#civilization #exemption #form #government #highly

Science is a trigger of changes of civilization. Religion is the failsafe of science performance.


Toba Beta


#failsafe #life #performance #religion #science

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.


Robert A. Heinlein


#me #non #politeness #sine






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