Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes

We are living in a Golden Age, the most gilded Golden Age of human history—not only of past history, but of future history.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

I think America has a brilliant future.

Civilizations are a matter of the mind.

The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity.

Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found.

Do I wake up every day and thank God that I live in 21st-century Britain? Of course not. But from time to time, I recognise it as an unfathomable privilege.

To the Caucasian race is the world indebted for all the great and important discoveries, inventions, and improvements, that have been made in the arts and sciences.

The idea that only a limited number of people can live in a country is profound illusion. It all depends on their cooperative and inventive power.

Culture more than politics determines the success of the society, but politics can save the culture.

The audiences for some of many of our greatest cultural events—I’m thinking particularly of the Proms [traditional patriotic promenade concerts]—is still a long way from demonstrating that people from different backgrounds feel at ease in being part of this. I know this is not about making every audience completely representative, but if we claim great things for our sectors in terms of their power to bring people together, then we have a right to expect they will do that wherever they can.

A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its members the benefits of socially accumulated knowledge.

What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the [Ancient] Greeks?

Sometimes I wish that our country was as small and homogeneous as Norway or Denmark, but then again I realize how much we would lose that is really valuable to our civilization.

These five contributions to civilization--peace-keeping, religious toleration, the development of manhood suffrage, the welcoming of newcomers, and the diffusion of well-being--I hold to have been eminently characteristic of our country, and so important that …, they will ever be held in the grateful remembrance of mankind.

I want a great country. I want people happy.

We must unite to build a safe, new Kenya.

I am confident the SCMP and Hong Kong will continue to grow and prosper, hand in hand, in this 21st century of opportunity.

This country is pretty amazing.

All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.