American society Quote by Albert Jay Nock

“America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation.”

— Georges Clemenceau

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

— John O'Hara

“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization”

— Georges Clemenceau

“The internet, although beloved by all including Al Qaeda, went straight from barbarism to decadence without ever encountering a civilisation. It was never utopian,…

— Bruce Sterling

“We all have that heritage, no matter what old land our fathers left. All colors and blends of Americans have somewhat the same tendencies.…

— John Steinbeck

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet…

— John Buchan

Human history, like all great movements, was cyclical, and returned to the point of beginning. The idea of indefinite progress in a right line…

— Edward Bellamy

Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's capacity for…

— J. William Fulbright

[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year . . . what vile…

— Winston Churchill

Christianity has carried civilization along with it, whithersoever it has gone; and, as if to show that the latter does not depend on physical…

— Augustus William Hare