“The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when w...” — Arnold J. Toynbee Quote

“The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.”

“I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.”

“A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.”

“As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.”

“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”

“I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.”

“I love Big Themes. Films that ask big questions about technology, society, mortality.”

“This accumulated debt at all levels of our society poses an immediate existential threat to America. Now unlike the manufactured crises of global warming and healthcare, this is a true crisis. This crisis threatens the very sovereignty of our country.”

“Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.”

“Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the world - damage that will be worsened by the kind of ruinous no deal being pledged by some who aspire to become prime minister.”

“The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.”

“Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.”