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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. Thats flexibility. – Antonin Scalia

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For tis not in mere death that men die most. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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To be immortal is commonplace except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. – Jorge Luis Borges

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Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes. – Jessica Lange

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