Barbarism Quote by Herbert Spencer

Whatever fosters the growth of civilization works at the same time against war.

— Sigmund Freud

War is at best barbarism.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

— Thomas Sowell

War is at its best barbarism.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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

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

— Amelia Earhart

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

— David Hare

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being…

— Alva Myrdal

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“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

If we can cultivate in the world the idea that aggressive war-making is the way to the prisoner's dock rather than the way to…

— Robert H. Jackson

“Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of…

— Arnold Toynbee