#barbarism

America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. ↗

— John O'Hara

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If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarisation and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

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To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. ↗

— Adam Smith

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Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. ↗

— David Hare

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If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

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The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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