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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and governme

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. – Denis Diderot

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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. – Denis Diderot

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power
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Denis Diderot
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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. – Denis Diderot

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Marriage
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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot

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Assumptions
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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people. – Andrew Cuomo

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Weve got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed. – Theresa May

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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. – Andrew Jackson

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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. – Thomas Jefferson

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If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life. – James A. Michener

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You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said “Parking Fine.” – Tommy Cooper

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Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You cant be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness. – Sean Paul

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Men mourn for what they have lost women for what they aint got. – Josh Billings

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