Aldous Huxley on Civilization and Tyranny

„The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface .“

Aldous HuxleyAldous Huxley describes the fragile crust of decency separating civilization from anarchy and systematic tyranny.
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Aldous Huxley was a British writer and philosopher, known for his dystopian works.

Aldous Huxley reflects on the fragile order of civilization and the dangers that may lie beneath its surface.


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Aldous Huxley quote about civilization, decency, anarchy, and tyranny

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963) was a British writer, philosopher, and visionary, best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World." He extensively explored social, political, and cultural issues of the 20th century.

Walter Lippmann quote about the decay of decency, human dignity, rights, and moral responsibilityCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The decay of decency in the modern age, the rebellion against law and good faith, the treatment of human beings as things, as the mere instruments of power and ambition, is without a doubt the consequence of the decay of the belief in man as something more than an animal animated by highly conditioned reflexes and chemical reactions. For, unless man is something more than that, he has no rights that anyone is bound to respect, and there are no limitations upon his conduct which he is bound to obey." Walter Lippmann
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"Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference to the destruction of freedom itself. The tragic ordeal through which the Western world is passing was prepared in the long period of easy liberty during which men forgot the elementary truths of human existence. They forgot that their freedom was achieved by heroic sacrifice." Walter Lippmann
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Walter Lippmann quote about civilization and human natureCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Men have been barbarians much longer than they have been civilized. They are only precariously civilized, and within us there is the propensity, persistent as the force of gravity, to revert under stress and strain, under neglect or temptation, to our first natures." Walter Lippmann
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Quote about anarchy, control, and progress by Jeffrey TuckerCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Anarchy is all around us. Without it, our world would fall apart. All progress is due to it. All order extends from it. All blessed things that rise above the state of nature are owned to it. The human race thrives only because of the lack of control, not because of it. I’m saying that we need ever more absence of control to make the world a more beautiful place. It is a paradox that we must forever explain." Jeffrey Tucker
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Quote about the ethical decline of civilized humanity by Viktor SchaubergerCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Despite its apparently high technical culture, ‘civilized humanity’ has reached such a low ethical level that it no longer realizes that such physical and moral decay is nothing other than the progressive decline of culture. For this reason, the sacred duty of people who are aware of the gravity of their mistakes is to constantly strive for the final correction of the consequences of mistakes." Viktor Schauberger
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