Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Essayist
"I'm sick. I've eaten civilisation and I'm sick."
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Civilisation
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Calvin Coolidge
Politician
"Civilisation and profits go hand in hand."
Andrew Carnegie
Industrialist, Philanthropist
"Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writer, Journalist
"CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated."
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation."
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"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."
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"CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere."
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