“bent on destroying the autonomy of the institutions of civil society”
Kenneth Minogue (1930–2013) Australian political theorist
How Civilizations Fall
Stealth Bomber
Lyrics, Solo
“bent on destroying the autonomy of the institutions of civil society”
Kenneth Minogue (1930–2013) Australian political theorist
How Civilizations Fall
“Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilizations.”
Zaman Ali (1993) Pakistani philosopher
"Humanity", Ch.II "Ideologies: A way to live", Part IV
“In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always.”
Carl Sagan book Contact
Source: Contact (1985), Chapter 20 (p. 359)
Context: In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always. It’s their nature. They can’t help it.
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.”
Will Durant book The Story of Civilization
Epilogue: "Why Rome Fell", p. 665
The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), III - Caesar and Christ (1944)
Jean-François Revel (1924–2006) French writer and philosopher
Cited in The Effects of Mass Immigration On Canadian Living Standards and Society (2009). ed. Grubel, The Frasier Institute, pp. 202-203 ISBN 088975246X, 9780889752467
1980s, How Democracies Perish (1983)
Gerald M. Weinberg (1933–2018) American computer scientist
Weinberg attributed with the quote in: Murali Chemuturi (2010) Mastering Software Quality Assurance: Best Practices, Tools and Technique for Software Developers. p. ix
Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist
Of Flight and Life (1948)