Degeneracy Quotes

20 quotes by 16 authors

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human… — Thomas Jefferson
It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,… — James Madison
The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture, at book learning, which is… — George William Curtis
Mental degeneracy may be caused by lead poisoning. Or by a poor dip in the gene pool. — Edward Abbey
In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open,… — Thomas Jefferson
Man is man because he is free to operate within a framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to… — Martin Luther
Those who wallow around in the sickness of their immorality and degeneracy get very little joy out of life here and certainly not much promise… — Sterling W Sill
It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will, and be done with it;… — Aleister Crowley
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the… — Thomas Jefferson
Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are… — Thomas Jefferson
But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind. — Joseph Addison
Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and… — Thomas B. Macaulay
If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy. — Boethius
Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels. — Albert Einstein
The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it freedom, but in the final analysis freedom is a purely negative goal.… — Robert M. Pirsig
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. — Charles Horton Cooley
If God meant to interfere in the degeneracy of mankind would he not have done so by now? Wolves cull themselves, man. What other creatures… — Cormac McCarthy
the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels before luncheon — Elizabeth Bowen
The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people. — Caleb Carr
The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption… — Thomas Jefferson

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