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The great effort of civilization has been, and still is, the attempt to introduce a principle of control into that casual swarm of impressions which makes up men's thought and of which, especially with swayed by emotion, spontaneous action is the law.

~George Edward Woodberry

Topics: Action Attempt Been Casual Civilization Control Effort Emotion Great Impressions Introduce Law Makes Men Principle Spontaneous Still Swayed Thought Up Which

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George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!

~George Galloway

Topics: Any Bush Civilization George George Bush Represent

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Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

~George Orwell

Topics: Civilization Evil Evolve Good Good And Evil He Heaven Hell Independent Likely Mankind System Unless Which

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To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

~George Orwell

Topics: About Actual Cities Civilization Continuity Doubt Feel Germany Ruined Through Walk

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Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Action Ages Back Barbarism Civilization Drama Essence Find Instinctive Pleasure Through Tongues Very

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At the core of 'Star Trek' is Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. So much of science-fiction is about a dystopian society with human civilization having crumbled. He had an affirmative, shining, positive view of the future.

~George Takei

Topics: About Affirmative Civilization Core Future Gene Had Having He Human Much Positive Science-Fiction Shining Society Star Star Trek Trek View Vision

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Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

~George W. Bush

Topics: Against Chaos Civilization Decisive Diversion Iraq Must Place Stand Taking Terror Waver Where

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The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

~George William Curtis

Topics: Civilization Estimate Test Women

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I lay this down as a fundamental proposition, which I do not think will be denied, that whoever controls the taxation and trade policy of a country controls its destiny and the entire character of its civilization.

~George William Russell

Topics: Character Civilization Controls Country Denied Destiny Down Entire Fundamental Lay Policy Proposition Taxation Think Trade Which Whoever Will

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Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

~Georges Bernanos

Topics: Alert Civilization Constitute Enough Exists Masses May Men Never Precisely Rather

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