Commit Quote by Ellen Key

War is at best barbarism.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

War is at its best barbarism.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

— Amelia Earhart

Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

War is brutal, barbaric and bloody.

— Mercedes Schlapp

War makes men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must harden oneself against all regret, all appreciation of delicacy and sensitive values.…

— Cesare Pavese

One person's barbarity is another person's civilisation.

— Mary Beard

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

— Simone Weil

One of its most powerful weapons has always been 'barbarity': 'we' know that 'we' are civilised by contrasting ourselves with those we deem to…

— Mary Beard

It takes a disciplined imagination to acknowledge that the less personal savageries of bombs, missiles, artillery and heavy weapons are, to those blown to…

— James Carroll

War is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine...War is hell.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.

— Richard Engel