At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.Charles Darwin
I live in a post-Christian world in Oxford; it is quite rare to meet somebody who is religious in academic life now, and there is absolutely no tendency for rioting and mayhem, and it is extremely civilised.Richard Dawkins
The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.Nikola Tesla
In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.Nikola Tesla
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.Simone Weil
If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.Simone Weil
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.Denis Diderot
I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.Tom Stoppard
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.Sigmund Freud
