America Quote by John O'Hara

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

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Georges Clemenceau

Americans continue to rapidly homogenize ourselves into a neutered oblivion. For a country founded on the protection of the unique, we relish our sameness.

— Lewis Black

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

— David Hare

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its…

— Alistair Cooke

Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized

— Hugh Hammond Bennett

America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you…

— Barack Obama

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

Okay, so what we really have to recognize and own as Americans is that our way of being is itself perhaps the greatest threat…

— Jerry Brown

America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

— John F. Kerry

America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.

— Fabrizio Moreira