Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe.

I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.

It is impossible for a nation to civilize itself; civilization must come from abroad.

British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of civilization.

I have no objection to civilization. I object to the fact that civilization should step on what permits us to breathe in the first place.