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“To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.”

Source: Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition

“Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.”

Country Civilization Tea Tea Drinking

Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945

“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.”

“The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.”

Men Kind Country Character Turns Cities Human Nature Civilization Ethics Tests Size Crops Census

Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude

“The key is the Internet. The United States is by far the most advanced country in this new digital culture, so we have to be there. The Internet is the heart of this new civilization, and telecommunications are the nervous system, or circulatory system.”

Heart Country States Culture United Technology United States Keys Internet Civilization Nervous Digital Nervous System Telecommunications Circulatory System

Author:Carlos Slim

“One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.”

Men Country Community Civilization Members Profession Kwanzaa

Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West will not contain Communism, it will transcend Communism. We will not bother to denounce it, we'll dismiss it as a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages are even now being written.”

Years Humans Country Lasts Politics Causes President Written Communication Civilization Pages West Spread Our Country Communism Bother Chapters Bizarre Human History Great Ones

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Islam brings hope and comfort to millions of people in my country, and to more than a billion people worldwide. Ramadan is also an occasion to remember that Islam gave birth to a rich civilization of learning that has benefited mankind.”

People Country Inspiration Remember Millions Rich Mankind Birth Comfort Civilization Islam Billions Occasions Muslim World Christianity And Islam Ramadan

Author:George W. Bush

“And all this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because a set of official gentlemen, living luxurious lives, mostly stupid, and all without imagination or heart, have chosen that it should occur rather than that any one of them should suffer some infinitesimal rebuff to his country`s pride.”

Should Heart Has Beens War Country Suffering Imagination Stupid Pride Civilization Madness Rage Chosen Gentleman Officials Great War Luxurious Rebuff

Book:Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell: A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor

Source: Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell: A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor

“Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the destruction of Germany. A month ago Europe was a peaceful comity of nations; if an Englishman killed a German, he was hanged. Now, if an Englishman kills a German, or if a German kills an Englishman, he is a patriot, who has deserved well of his country.”

Ifs Wells War Country Moments Humanity Names Nations Share Months Civilization Europe Destruction Majority Peaceful Germany Protest Patriot Englishmen Great War Countrymen

Book:Prophecy and Dissent, 1914-16

Source: Prophecy and Dissent, 1914-16