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The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.

Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.