Savagery Quotes

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The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and… — William Kingdon Clifford
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts… — John Barth
Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live. — Octavia Butler
I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society. I reject the notion that… — Andrei Sakharov
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged through the streets....What… — Dan Rather
Mix an anorexic body with a heart made of pure fire and you are going to go with a savagery that's hard to explain. — Jeremy Clarkson
Users of clichÃ©s frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War produces many euphemisms,… — Patrick Cockburn
In some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him--all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest,… — Joseph Conrad
Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing… — Jim Butcher
Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness. — Jean Dubuffet
The English, who eat their meat red and bloody, show the savagery that goes with such food. — Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired, not because they… — H. L. Mencken
One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do. — Cullen Hightower
The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery. — Steven James
There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for… — James Henry Breasted
The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of the signs of… — Mark Twain
Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win… — D. H. Lawrence
Collectivism is the ancient principle of savagery. ... Collectivism is not the 'New Order of Tomorrow.' It is the order of a very dark yesterday. — Ayn Rand
Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared… — Jeff Cooper

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