"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization."

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"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization."

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Edward Abbey, American Author

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American Poet

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"Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta."

Brian Aldiss, English Writer

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"Here the Frenchman, Spaniard, and Englishman all passed, leaving each his legend; and a brilliant and more or less feudal civilization with its aristocracy and slaves has departed with the economic system upon which it rested."

Hervey Allen, American Author

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"That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization."

John Amery, British Politician

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"The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation."

Aharon Appelfeld, Israeli Novelist

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Ibrahim Babangida, Nigerian Statesman

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"The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

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

Richard Bach, American Novelist

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"A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

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