Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

Quote by Abraham Flexner

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Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must...

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must...

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must...

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must...

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed...

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed...

I think in our desire to create a better America, we have to have civilized...

I think in our desire to create a better America, we have to have civilized...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

Without adventure civilization is in full decay

Without adventure civilization is in full decay

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing...

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Civilized nations are ones that simply can't endure wrongs or injustice except at home

Civilized nations are ones that simply can't endure wrongs or injustice except at home

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.