Herbert Spencer Civilization Quotations

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

In societies of low civilization, there is no money.

It is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to a particular phase of human development. It is not essential, but incidental. As amongst the Bushmen we find a state antecedent to government, so may there be one in which it shall have become extinct.

Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.

The home is the most important factor in civilization, and that civilization is to be measured at different stages largely by the development in the home.