“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”
Government
“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”
FreedomAll Quotes by Will Durant
“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
Change“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”
Freedom“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”
Age“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Knowledge“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“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“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“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“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.”
War“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.”
Good“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”
Nature“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
Knowledge