barbarians

Problem with fighting all the barbarians is the women and children keep getting in the way. and I support safeguarding the innocents of Darfur who are contending with the barbarians in their country.

Think Progress » Congressional Priorities: $700 Million for ‘Railroad to Nowhere,’ $173 Million for Stopping Mass Murder 2006

Their nature is not at all changed by the rapid civilization which was given them by Peter I.; it has as yet only formed their manners: happily for them, they are always what we call barbarians, in other words, led by an instinct frequently generous, but always involuntary, which only admits of reflection in the choice of the means, and not in the examination of the end; I say happily for them, not that I wish to extol barbarism, but I designate by this name a certain primitive energy which can alone replace in nations the concentrated strength of liberty.

Ten Years' Exile Necker, Anne L G 1821

Their nature is not at all changed by the rapid civilization which was given them by Peter I.; it has as yet only formed their manners: happily for them, they are always what we call barbarians, in other words, led by an instinct frequently generous, but always involuntary, which only admits of reflection in the choice of the means, and not in the examination of the end; I say happily for them, not that I wish to extol barbarism, but I designate by this name a certain primitive energy which can alone replace in nations the concentrated strength of liberty.

Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Auguste Louis Baron de [Editor] Stael-Holstein 1791

Hate for the barbarians is more of a focal point than the deer in the park.

Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

Hate for the barbarians is more of a focal point than the deer in the park.

Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

I suspect the process of spending $13 million worth of time with investment bankers and consultants (not to mention nights dreaming of the damage that could be done by the barbarians from the north) helps sharpen the thinking.

Yahoo’s Starting Point: A Clearer Strategy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

I suspect the process of spending $13 million worth of time with investment bankers and consultants (not to mention nights dreaming of the damage that could be done by the barbarians from the north) helps sharpen the thinking.

Yahoo’s Starting Point: A Clearer Strategy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

When the “Aztecs” entered the Valley of Mexico, they were considered uncultured barbarians from the North.

Tlaxcala State: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico 2006

But by having to carry the American left, who would do anything to bring this country down, and the Europeans who represent anti-Semitism's zenith, dealing with these barbarians is much more problematic.

Sound Politics: The Religion of Peace Marches On 2006

When the “Aztecs” entered the Valley of Mexico, they were considered uncultured barbarians from the North.

Tlaxcala State: traveling the Central High Plains of Mexico 2006