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

— Georges Clemenceau

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

— Oscar Wilde

“No nation has its own culture, only its own barbarism.”

— Kustaa Vilkuna

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

— Ron Silver

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“Fatally, the term 'barbarian' is the password that opens up the archives of the twentieth century. It refers to the despiser of achievement, the…

— Peter Sloterdijk

“What history gives us leaves upon us, on the contrary, the impression of decadence rather than of an advancing civilization.”

— Herman Bavinck

“We live in very remarkable times. We find with astonishment that progress has concluded an alliance with barbarism.”

— Sigmund Freud

“There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.”

— Walter Benjamin

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

— David Hare

“Civilization is a horizon which we can approach, while barbarity is a background from which we seek to move away; neither condition can be…

— Tzvetan Todorov