There is no document of civilization that is not also a document of barbarism.
– Walter Benjamin
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- Civilization must be preserved,’ says he.’Civilization’s doing fine,’ I said. ‘We just don’t happen to be where it is. – Joanna Russ
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- What could there be in this document written by a young girl in 1917? – Peter J Tanous
- Well, they’ve come a long way. To think that he now could access a secret document held in the Vatican archives, via electronic technology. – Peter J Tanous
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- Barbarism is not the inheritance of our prehistory. It is the companion that dogs our every step. – Alain Finkielkraut
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