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Will DurantFrom barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Winston ChurchillBy its sudden collapse, … the proud German army has once again proved the truth of the saying, “The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet”.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines sarcasm and respect.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

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TacitusThey plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.

—  Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian

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Georg Christoph LichtenbergPerhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

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Antoine RivarolThe most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

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NapoleonWar is the business of barbarians.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Georg Christoph LichtenbergThe Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

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Edward GibbonIn discussing Barbarism and Christianity I have actually been discussing the Fall of Rome.

—  Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian

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Alfred North WhiteheadReligion is the last refuge of human savagery.

—  Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician

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Arthur ClarkeIt was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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Theodore AdornoWriting poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

Thomas SowellIf you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

Thomas SowellIf the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

William Hazlitt The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Henry de MontherlantThis is a sure sign of barbarism: in any society, it is always the elements of inferior intelligence who are hungry to be up to date. Incapable of discerning by taste, culture and critical thinking, they automatically judge, according to this principle, that truth is novelty.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Alphonse de LamartinBarbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

—  Alphonse de Lamartin, 1790-1869, French poet

Joseph ConradTo be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Nicolas Gomez DavilaStripped of the Christian tunic and the classical toga, there is nothing left of the European but a pale-skinned barbarian.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

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Walt WhitmanI sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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