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People now know how important it is to build secure systems to underlie our civilization.

~Alex Stamos

Topics: Build Civilization How Important Know Now Our People Secure Systems

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We're becoming a planet of a thousand new major cities. The economy of the 21st century is a city-building economy. It's within our power to make it a carbon zero one, too; and to be blunt, civilization depends on our success.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Becoming Blunt Carbon Century Cities Civilization Depends Economy Major Make New Our Planet Power Success Thousand Too Within Zero 21St Century

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Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.

~Alexander Herzen

Topics: Better Better Off Civilization Develop Expense First First Step Much Necessary Off Order Others Should Slavery Some Step Then Things Those Towards Who Worse

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In society at large, nerds are law-abiding, caring, fundamentally good folk who keep the wheels of civilization grinding.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Caring Civilization Folk Fundamentally Good Grinding Keep Large Law-Abiding Nerds Society Wheels Who

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I would say practical progressive, which means that the Republican party or any political party has got to recognize the problems of a growing and complex industrial civilization. And I don't think the Republican party is really wide awake to that.

~Alf Landon

Topics: Any Awake Civilization Complex Got Growing Industrial Means Party Political Political Party Practical Problems Progressive Really Recognize Republican Republican Party Say Think Which Wide Would

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What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.

~Alfred De Vigny

Topics: Advance Along Cares Carries Civilization Complete Details Events Grand Indifferent Individuals Less Most Noble Rather Real Sum Sum Total Than Them Total Values Which

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

~Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Advances Civilization Extending Important Number Operations Perform Them Thinking Which Without

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Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

~Alfred North Whitehead

Topics: Adventure Civilization Decay Full Without

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Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy.

~Allan Savory

Topics: Agriculture Any Army Banks Belief Church City Civilization Crop Economy Fiber Food Foundation Holds Land Market Popular Possible Production Stable Stock Stock Market University Waters Without World

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The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.

~Alva Myrdal

Topics: Age Also Barbarism Being Characterized Civilization Live Only Our Process Which

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