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A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it… — Simon Bolivar
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. — Peter Drucker
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. — Thomas Jefferson
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. — James Monroe
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption. — Baron de Montesquieu
Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its… — Friedrich Nietzsche
He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must… — Mario Puzo
In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs. — Simone Weil
Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of… — H. L. Mencken
God's mercy on you degenerate swine. — Hunter S. Thompson
The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general. — Regina Doman
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak. — Larry McMurtry
The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is… — Edward Gibbon
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It… — Edgar Lee Masters
Emigrate or Degenerate. — Philip K. Dick
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. — Eric Hoffer
Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Why is it that sometimes our prayers seem not to be answered? This is a manifestation of the Buddha's wisdom, so that we can deepen… — Daisaku Ikeda
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding… — Elie Wiesel
He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair. — Henry David Thoreau
To be honest, I didn't want to believe that Christianity could radically transform someone's character and values. It was much easier to raise doubts and… — Lee Strobel
Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work. — Calvin Trillin
But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot.… — Oscar Wilde
It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime or to let them starve for their imbecility,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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