Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it under any circumstances lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

The theoretical understanding of the world which is the aim of philosophy is not a matter of great practical importance to animals or to savages or even to most civilised men.

The three great elements of modern civilization Gun powder Printing and the Protestant religion.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

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.

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

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

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations of arts and of sciences.

I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.

As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge not a uniform you can't take off.

The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor.

We are all afraid for our confidence for the future for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man every civilization has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.

The task of a university is the creation of the future so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.

Without memory there is no culture. Without memory there would be no civilization no society no future.

If Germany thanks to Hitler and his successors were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

At some future period not very distant as measured by centuries the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace the savage races throughout the world.