Decadence Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that…

— Henry Fairlie

Luxury is a state of mind.

— L'Wren Scott

“The state, rather, is a parasitic institution that lives off the wealth of its subjects, concealing its anti-social, predatory nature beneath a public-interest veneer.”

— Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr

History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for…

— Rohini Nilekani

Our institutions, if they do not erode entirely, can survive periods of decadence brought on by our material success, eras when the whole notion…

— Victor Davis Hanson

Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion, pessimism and…

— John Bagot Glubb

Any society that entails the strengthening of the state apparatus by giving it unchecked control over the economy, and re-unites the polity and the…

— Robert Higgs

Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

— Henri Rousseau

It takes less than a decade for today's luxury to become a universal necessity.

— Paul Johnson

The furnace of affliction produces refinement in states as well as individuals. And the new Governments we are assuming in every part will require…

— John Adams

“In a hyper materialist environment where everything is reduced to mere economic considerations, what we deem to be important is often trivial, a temporary…

— Cory Bernardi