“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”
Freedom
“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”
AgeAll Quotes by Will Durant
“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”
Age“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”
Nature“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.”
Time“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”
Age“We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.”
Best“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
Hope“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”
Freedom“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Knowledge“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
Family“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”
Government“History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.”
History“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.”
War