The 62+ Carroll Quigley Quotes

A Society Is A Group Whose Members Have More Relationships With One Another Then They Do With Outsiders.

By The Winter Of 1945-1946, The Russian Peoples Were Being Warned Of The Dangers From The West

The Failure Of Christianity In The Areas West From Sicily Was Even Greater, And Was Increased By The Spread Of Arab Outlooks And Influence To That Area, And Especially To Spain.

Western Civilization Presents One Of The Most Difficult Tasks For Historical Analysis, Because It Is Not Yet Finished, Because We Are A Part Of It And Lack Perspective, And Because It Presents Considerable Variation From Our Pattern Of Historical Change.

The Instrument Of Expansion Of Classical Civilization Was A Social Organization, Slavery.

The Problem Of Meaning Today Is The Problem Of How The Diverse And Superficially Self-contradictory Experiences Of Men Can Be Put Into A Consistent Picture That Will Provide Contemporary Man With A Convincing Basis From Which To Live And To Act.

The Process By Which Civilization, As An Abstract Entity Distinct From The Societies In Which It Is Embodied, Dies Or Is Reborn Is A Very Significant One.

Capitalism Might Be Defined, If We Wish To Be Scientific, As A Form Of Economic Organization Motivated By The Pursuit Of Profit Within A Price Structure.

The West Believes That Man And The Universe Are Both Complex And That The Apparently Discordant Parts Of Each Can Be Put Into A Reasonably Workable Arrangement With A Little Good Will, Patience, And Experimentation.

Each Individual In A Society Is A Nexus Where Innumerable Relationships Of This Character Intersect.

One Of The Chief Reasons For The Widespread Fear Of The Huns Rested On Their Ability To Travel Very Long Distances In Relatively Short Periods. This Ability May Well Have Been Based On Their Use Of Horseshoes.

The Traditional Christian Attitude Toward Human Personality Was That Human Nature Was Essentially Good And That It Was Formed And Modified By Social Pressures And Training.