One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

The Civilized… murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue stimulate them to manufacture cannon fodder, anthills of conscripts who are forced to sell themselves out of poverty. This improvident paternity is a false virtue, the selfishness of pleasure.

Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.

Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities.