“There will be no room, here, for the smug myopia which views American civilization as the final solution to all world problems; which recommends our institutions for universal adoption and turns away with contempt from the serious study of the institutions of peoples whose civilizations may seem to us to be materially less advanced.” WorldMayProblemSeemsTurnsRoomsViewsStudySeriousCivilizationSolutionsUniversalInstitutionsFinalsContemptAdoptionWorld ProblemsMyopia Author:George F. Kennan
“In China's thousands of years of civilization, the conflict between humankind and nature has never been as serious as it is today.” YearsTodaySeriousCivilizationConflictChinaHumankind Author:Zhou Shengxian
“It has been the White Race who has been the world builder, the maker of cities and commerce and continents. It is the White Man who is the sole builder of civilizations. It was he who build the Egyptian civilization, the great unsurpassed Roman civilization, the Greek civilization of beauty and culture, and who, after having been dealt a serious blow by a new Semitic religion, wallowed through the Dark Ages, finally extricated himself, and then build the great European civilization.” MenWorldHas BeensAgeCultureDarkWhiteRaceCitiesSeriousCivilizationBlowGreekMakersSoleContinentsCommerceWhite ManDark AgesBuilderEgyptianWhite RaceRoman CivilizationGreek CivilizationEgyptian Civilization Author:Ben Klassen
“We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000 deaths. That is serious matter.” Has BeensWarMatterSeriousCivilizationExtraordinaryDocuments Author:Julian Assange
“In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.” MenGivingCultureGoalResponsibilitySeriousCivilizationInequalityPowerlessAdvancementIrresponsible Book:American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie Source: American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie
“If during their education our youths become alienated from their language, history, ancestors, culture and civilization, it means there is a very serious educational problem there.” IfsMeanProblemCultureLanguageEducationYouthSeriousCivilizationEducationalAncestor Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.” ThinkingShouldCitiesTechnologySacrificeSeriousInternetCivilizationFunctionTongueSpeedAccessRestaurantsHallsConcertsCheeksEcologyIntegratingEcosystemsHigh SpeedMetabolismNicetiesTongue In CheekInternet Access Author:Annalee Newitz
“Obama wants to stand for a peaceful, generous, encompassing approach that would bring all Americans, but not just Americans, the whole of international society, together to advance civilization towards what we all understand is necessary to advance. Because of that he's being subjected to very serious rejections from the reactionary portion of the system, which, unfortunately, is the dominant portion.” WantWholeTogetherSeriousCivilizationApproachInternationalPeacefulGenerousRejectionPortionsDominantReactionaries Author:Gilberto Gil
“We face a climate crisis now that is the most serious challenge our civilization has ever confronted. And the greatest country in the world [America] has to remain a part of this unprecedented global agreement to deal with it.” WorldCountryAmericaFacesChallengesDealsSeriousCivilizationCrisisClimateAgreementUnprecedented Author:Al Gore