Barbarism Quote by Michel de Montaigne

Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice; for indeed it seems we have no other test of truth and reason than…

— Michel de Montaigne

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 person's barbarity is another person's civilisation.

— Mary Beard

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism.

— Catherine the Great

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

— Amelia Earhart

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

— Thomas Sowell

I don't think we really gave barbarism a fair try.

— George Carlin

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

“So much barbarism, however, still remains in the transactions of most civilized nations, that almost all independent countries choose to assert their nationality by…

— John Stuart Mill

We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to…

— Bertolt Brecht

First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski