Here is my info on the source and date of the quote: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel F. Miller; 1874; Loan Association vs. Topeka, 20 Wall (87 US) 664.

It sounds great, but it's bogus - A HOAX. See Dr. Gary North's analysis here:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north484.html
First North annihilates the authorship of the quote. Then he dispels the central theme of the quote, which is that all civilizations evolve through the same predictable sequence.