#barbarism

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You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.


John Buchan


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I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.


Simone Weil


#barbarism #becomes #characteristic #circumstances #considered

On problems finding female ancestors,of any background, remember "I cannot put gas in my car without a note from my husband. The Car, the house, and everything else I think that I own is in his name. When I die, I cannot decide who will receive my personal effects. If he dies first I may be allowed to stay in my own home, or may be given a certain number of days to vacate the premises. Any real estate I inherit from my husband is not mine to sell of devise in a will. All the money I earn belongs to my husband. I cannot operate or engage in business in my own name. If my ancestor is enslaved, I cannot marry, may not be allowed to raise my own children, join a church, travel freely, own property or testify against those who harm me.


christina kassabian schaefer


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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


#been #change #country #dictatorships #difficult

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


#begin #causes #civilization #deal #extent

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


#administration #barbarism #being #brought #carry

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


Jose Ortega y Gasset


#appeal #barbarism #made #standards #which

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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