#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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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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Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant and polite are dead. Allow both passion and courtesy into your life in equal measure, and be complete. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

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Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out into hysterical barbarism. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. ↗

— Bill Kristol

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Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force. ↗

— Sheikh Hasina

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