# Quote — Algis Budrys, Some Will Not Die

> Well, I suppose we have to have young intellectuals, if we’re ever to survive to be middle-aged philosophers.

- Author: [Algis Budrys](https://www.leafyquotes.com/algis-budrys.md)
- Book: [Some Will Not Die](https://www.leafyquotes.com/algis-budrys/some-will-not-die.md)
- Page: 84
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/algis-budrys/some-will-not-die/well-i-suppose

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> There’s a certain step-by-step logic, inherent in human nature and the peculiarities of human psychology, which ensures that Man will always organize into the largest possible group. Civilization is inevitable, if you want a pat phrase.

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> And, in Cot’s mind as in that of every other human being, what had been a twinging secret shame was disastrous and disgusting as a public horror.

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> Tomorrow would be better. Tomorrow was always better, for someone. The difficult task lay in ensuring that the someone was one of yours.

p. 51 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/algis-budrys/some-will-not-die/tomorrow-would-be-better.md)