How do you feel about women’s rights? I like either side of them.
—Groucho Marx, www.Grouch-Marx.com, 2007
—Groucho Marx, www.Grouch-Marx.com, 2007
You think we build a world; I think we leave / Only these tools,
where-with to strain and grieve. —Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Count them
unclean …,”Huntsman, What Quarry?, 1939
unclean …,”Huntsman, What Quarry?, 1939
The … mass of mankind has not been born
with saddles on their backs, nor a favored
few booted and spurred, ready to ride them
legitimately, by the grace of God.
—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Roger C. Weightman, 24 June 1826.
with saddles on their backs, nor a favored
few booted and spurred, ready to ride them
legitimately, by the grace of God.
—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Roger C. Weightman, 24 June 1826.
Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. —Ayn Rand,
The Fountainhead, 1943
The Fountainhead, 1943
… another existence swallowed up in the fearful rush of what is called
civilization, but is very like chaos. —Marceline Desbordes-Valmore,
Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore, Sainte-Beuve
civilization, but is very like chaos. —Marceline Desbordes-Valmore,
Memoirs of Madame Desbordes-Valmore, Sainte-Beuve
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One
path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinc-tion. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. —Woody
Allen, “My Speech to the Graduates,”Side Effects, 1981
path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinc-tion. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. —Woody
Allen, “My Speech to the Graduates,”Side Effects, 1981
Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If
civili-zation has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have
either
one, or the other. Not both. —Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of
Darkness,1969
one, or the other. Not both. —Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of
Darkness,1969
It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage, Anthony
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage, Anthony
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of
trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. —George W. Bush, First
Inaugural Address (Washington, D.C.), 2001
trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. —George W. Bush, First
Inaugural Address (Washington, D.C.), 2001
Every time a new nation…advances toward civilization, the human race
perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges from enslavement
and degradation, the human race again perfects itself. —Germaine de
Staël,The Influence of Literature upon Society, 1800
perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges from enslavement
and degradation, the human race again perfects itself. —Germaine de
Staël,The Influence of Literature upon Society, 1800
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