Degrade Quotes

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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice… — William Blake
Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure!… — Swami Vivekananda
You degrade us and then ask why we are degraded. You shut our mouths and ask why we don't speak. You close your colleges and… — Frederick Douglass
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame;… — William Blake
We're not locked in to these conditions that degrade the environment, and jeopardize the future of our children. — Dennis Kucinich
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. — Hugo Black
But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat… — Isaiah Berlin
We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy. — Barack Obama
Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very… — Josemaria Escriva
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for… — Mark Twain
People go for help, but their lives don't get better because of those psychiatric drugs. They get worse. They feel numb and they're told that's… — Tom Cruise
If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it. — KRS-One
If the society that we're talking about is a society that starts wars all over the world, degrades indigenous cultures, is misogynistic in itself, if… — KRS-One
I would be saying to the Iranians, you either open those facilities, begin to dismantle them and make them available to inspectors or we will… — Rick Santorum
Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own… — Ann Radcliffe
Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it, and commend it, and are busy about it. At the same… — Jacques Barzun
They cannot degrade Frederick Douglass. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. I am not the one that is being degraded on… — Frederick Douglass
It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision if you want… — Natalie Portman

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