“Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state o...” — E. M. Forster Quote

“Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.”

“America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.”

“Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.”

“Paper is at the center of so many of the elements of the development of civilization.”

“Egypt was the first democracy in the Middle East. Women were unveiled in the 1920s. Egypt is a country of civilization, of culture. It shouldn't be suffering.”

“Nations are reorienting toward the national interest and away from Malthusianism and neoliberalism, which is good for nuclear and bad for renewables. The evidence is overwhelming that our high-energy civilization is better for people and nature than the low-energy civilization that climate alarmists would return us to.”