Culture Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.

Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

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Democracy has at least one merit, and that is that a member of Parliament cannot be more incompetent than those who voted for them.

Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

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The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.

Kin Hubbard

Kin Hubbard

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The less a politician contributes, the more they love the flag.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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Being good is easy; the difficult part is being fair.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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To attribute the revolution to men is to attribute the tide to the waves.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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If you have the strength, we still have the right.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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The acceptance of oppression by the oppressed ends up being complicity; cowardice is consent; there is shameful solidarity and participation between the government that does wrong and the people who allow it to do so.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How pleasant it would be a world in which no one was allowed to operate in the stock market unless they had passed an exam in Greek economics and poetry, and in which politicians were required to have a solid knowledge of history and modern novels!

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir

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Humanity ceases to throw stones at its superior spirits as soon as it can raise a monument to them.