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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. - B.F. Ski

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. – B.F. Skinner

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Civilization
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People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater. – Kenneth Clark

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Civilization

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor. – Arnold Toynbee

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Civilization

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Civilization

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. – David Hare

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Civilization

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