Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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Politics is the art of the next best.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.
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People die because they find living too painful.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
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Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
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I don't decide my politics based on the flavour of the month.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or rather the hashish.
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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
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Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.
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I like to study failure, actually. My partner says, 'I want to know where I'll die so I'll never go there.' We want to see what has caused businesses to go bad. The biggest thing that kills them is complacency. ... The danger would always be that you rest on your laurels.
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The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we lose trust with foreign spies, and our national security is put at risk.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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I hate flying. I don't like planes. I get really anxious.
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I don't know a single person who doesn't regret the things that they did to hurt their parents, or the things they didn't say to them.
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The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.