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A banker who is allowed to borrow money at X and loan it out at X plus Y will just go crazy and do too much of it if the civilization doesn't have rules that prevent it.

~Charlie Munger

Topics: Allowed Banker Borrow Civilization Crazy Go Just Loan Money Much Out Plus Prevent Rules Too Too Much Who Will

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I believe Costco does more for civilization than the Rockefeller Foundation. I think it's a better place. You get a bunch of very intelligent people sitting around trying to do good, I immediately get kind of suspicious and squirm in my seat.

~Charlie Munger

Topics: Around Believe Better Better Place Bunch Civilization Does Foundation Get Good Immediately Intelligent Intelligent People Kind More People Place Rockefeller Seat Sitting Suspicious Than Think Trying Very You I Think I Believe

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And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization.

~Chauncey Wright

Topics: Any Civilization Combined Energies Genius Individual Inherent Men Owe Progress Rather Science Tendency Than

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How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

~Chen Guangcheng

Topics: Civilization Disabled How Measure Society Treats True True Measure

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I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work.

~Chen-Ning Yang

Topics: Am Background Chinese Civilization Continue Dedicate Dedicated Devoted Heritage Human Like Modern Modern Science Origin Part Proud Say Science Shall Should Western Which Work I Am

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We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future.

~Chiang Kai-Shek

Topics: Ancient Appreciate Boundaries China Chinese Civilization Culture Educational Faith Five Future Geography Greater Greatness Historical History Know May Must Our Our People Own People Program Race Stress Teach Thousand Thousand Years Will Years

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China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stands like a mountain peak among the nations of the world. Her contribution to the civilization of mankind is imperishable. She has been a keen lover of peace; she has had a deep respect for international justice.

~Chiang Kai-Shek

Topics: Among Been China Civilization Contribution Deep Enormous Five Had Her History International Justice Keen Like Lover Mankind Mountain Nations Peace Peak Population Respect She Stands Territory Thousand Thousand Years Vast World Years

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No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through.

~Christian Camargo

Topics: Advanced Civilization Elemental Help How Issues Matter Our Stories Think Through Us Where Work

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Internationalism is a community theory of society which is founded on economic, spiritual, and biological facts. It maintains that respect for a healthy development of human society and of world civilization requires that mankind be organized internationally.

~Christian Lous Lange

Topics: Biological Civilization Community Development Economic Facts Founded Healthy Human Human Society Internationalism Internationally Mankind Organized Requires Respect Society Spiritual Theory Which World

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The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction.

~Christian Lous Lange

Topics: Because Become Civilization Danger Destruction Developments Employ Enable Human Infinite Lethal Means Number Our Sovereign State Technical Times Variety

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