“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)
“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Intelligence precedes force. Force itself is nothing without intelligence. In the heroic age the leader was the strongest man; with civilization he has become the most intelligent of the brave.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)