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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
Politicians and Politics
Benjamin Disraeli

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A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.
Mothers
George Eliot

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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
Beauty
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.
Suffering
Susan Sontag

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I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Hatred
Booker T. Washington

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Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
Simone Weil

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun