civilization

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For Christian conservatives such as Vance, Hungary offers a vision of the world in which the United States would be one of a host of North American and European countries promoting a global Christian civilization.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

“I do not support the destruction of a ‘whole civilization.’

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

A new message of freedom and redemption, arguably the most liberating event in Western civilization for more than 1,000 years, was the result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

They were all failed attempts to impose western civilization on the merciless, untamable Arctic.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz