<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A civilization is not only what happened to a... > A civilization is not only what happened to a people, but what they decide those experiences taught them. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A civilization is not only what happened to a people, but what they decide those experiences taught them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-civilization-happened-people-those-experiences-taught ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->