Quotations on Civilization
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
-Will Durant
A small town is a place where there's no such place to go where you shouldn't.
-Burt Bacharach
No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
-P.J. O'Rourke

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