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It's never a question of skin pigmentation. It's never a question of just culture or sexual orientation or civilization. It's what kind of human being you're going to choose to be from your mama's womb to the tomb and what kind of legacy will you leave.

~Cornel West

Topics: Being Choose Civilization Culture Going Human Human Being Just Kind Leave Legacy Mama Never Orientation Question Sexual Skin Tomb Will Womb You Your

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People often ask how I can reject the phrase 'woman writer' and not reject the phrase 'Jewish writer' - a preposterous question. 'Jewish' is a category of civilization, culture, and intellect, and 'woman' is a category of anatomy and physiology.

~Cynthia Ozick

Topics: Anatomy Ask Category Civilization Culture How Intellect Jewish Often People Phrase Physiology Question Reject Woman Writer I Can

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Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.

~Cyril Connolly

Topics: Altogether Blot Bombs Civilization Few Few People Maintained Need Number Only Out People Places Prisons Small Some Very

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I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: China Chinese Civilization Culture History Long Long History Really Rich Think I Think

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Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.

~Daniel De Leon

Topics: Any Civilization Despotism Each Each Man Economic Equal Factors Fundamental His Inconsistent Industrial Man Motion Multiply Must Obviously Power Private Private Property Property Prove Right Slavery Social Source

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If we haven't become the Liberty Party of an undoubted future, let us take this fact: the great totalitarian regimes have died. The Soviet Union broke up along ethnic lines, as we always thought it would. The Chinese - am I wrong? - are becoming a commercial civilization.

~Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Topics: Along Always Am Become Becoming Broke Chinese Civilization Commercial Died Ethnic Fact Future Great Let Us Liberty Lines Party Regimes Soviet Soviet Union Take Thought Totalitarian Union Up Us Would Wrong

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Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

~Daniel Pipes

Topics: Civilization Compromise Either Including Insult Retain Right Ultimately Will

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I think if I were to express my wish, it would be that we are more regionally self-reliant. And I don't mean people being survivalists, I mean regionally self-reliant. So that you have these individual cells. The idea of having different solutions in different areas, so that we have a very robust, durable civilization.

~Daniel Suarez

Topics: Area Being Cells Civilization Different Different Areas Durable Express Having Idea Individual Mean Mean People More People Robust Solutions Think Very Were Wish Would You I Think

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Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

~Daniel Webster

Topics: Arts Begins Civilization Cultivation Earth Farmers Follow Forget Founders Important Labor Let Us Man Most Other The Most Important Therefore Us Will

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When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

~Daniel Webster

Topics: Arts Begins Civilization Farmers Follow Founders Human Other Therefore

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