History Quote by Georges Clemenceau

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

— Georges Clemenceau

“American society is the only one which has passed directly from barbarism into decadence without once knowing civilisation.”

— Albert Jay Nock

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

— Oscar Wilde

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

— David Hare

“America's civilization perturbs the trajectories of all other civilizations just by existing.”

— Walter A. McDougall

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

— Walter Benjamin

“We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is hard work…

— Sam Harris

“Barbarism is the natural state of mankind," the borderer said, still staring somberly at the Cimmerian. "Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of…

— Robert E. Howard

“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

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

— Sigmund Freud

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

— Kustaa Vilkuna