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• I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

  Colin Wilson

  Believe, World, Ability

  Colin Wilson (2014). “The Outsider”, p.13, Diversion Books

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• One of the enduring lessons of history is that whenever an empire becomes insular to 'protect' itself, intellectual decline and cultural intolerance are sure to follow.

  Irshad Manji

  Intellectual, Lessons, Empires

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• On the strength of his literary output alone... any woman of sense would decline to tackle D.H. Lawrence at 1,000 pounds a night.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Night, Pounds, Output

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• Sexual desire declines after four to seven years. That's been proven.

  Volkmar Sigusch

  Years, Desire, Four

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• Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will not; if honest man refuse it, others will not.

  John Adams

  Wise, Men, Done

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• A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.

  Ted Turner

  Nwo, Eugenics, People

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• Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

  Edward Young

  Wish, Shadow, Age

  Edward Young (1806). “Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality ... With the life of the author. [With plates, including a portrait.]”, p.101

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• As brands become larger, the need to reach greater numbers of customers makes them less edgy and dilutes their unique positioning as they try to please everyone. It is therefore not surprising to find such brands go into a few years of decline before they are able to reinvent themselves.

  Nirmalya Kumar

  Unique, Years, Numbers

  "Test of a Great Brand: Does Anybody Hate You?" by Nirmalya Kumar, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 25, 2013.

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• Publications by the World Health Organization show that diphtheria is steadily declining in most European countries, including those in which there has been no immunization. The decline began long before vaccination was developed. There is certainly no guarantee that vaccination will protect a child against the disease; in fact, over 30,000 cases of diphtheria have been recorded in the United Kingdom in fully immunized children.

  Leon Chaitow

  Country, Children, Guarantees That

  Leon Chaitow (2011). “Vaccination And Immunisation: Dangers, Delusions and Alternatives (What Every Parent Should Know)”, p.71, Random House

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• In a virtuous government, and more especially in times like these, public offices are what they should be - burdens to those appointed to them which it would be wrong to decline, though foreseen to bring them intense labor and great private loss.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Loss, Government, Times Like These

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.44, Modern Library

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• We have experienced highly challenging global market conditions in the past quarter with significant steel price decline in all regions.

  Lakshmi Mittal

  Motivational, Past, Challenges

  "Mittal profits drop by 63% but steel group still seeks big buys" by Terry Macalister, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2005.

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• One reason for the decline in moral values is that the world has invented a new, constantly changing and undependable standard of moral conduct referred to as "situational ethics." Now, individuals define good and evil as being adjustable according to each situation; this is in direct contrast to the proclaimed God-given absolute standard: "Thou shalt not!"-as in "Thou shalt not steal".

  David B. Haight

  Evil, World, Absolutism

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• Fascism is a system of political authority and social order intended to reinforce the unity, energy, and purity of communities in which liberal democracy stands accused of producing division and decline.

  Robert O. Paxton

  Order, Community, Political

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• A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.

  Robert O. Paxton

  Party, Goal, Political

  Robert O. Paxton (2011). “The Anatomy of Fascism”, p.372, Penguin UK

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• Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal. 3:2, 5) and holiness (John 17:17) decline. Activity may continue, but life and power and fruitfulness fade away. Therefore, whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Ministry, Holiness

  John Piper (2013). “Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”, p.75, B&H Publishing Group

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• The state sometimes makes mistakes. When one of these mistakes occurs, one notes a decline in collective enthusiasm due to the effect of a quantitative diminution in each of the elements that make up the mass. Work is paralyzed until it is reduced to an insignificant level. It is time to make a correction.

  Che Guevara

  Mistake, Elements, Enthusiasm

  "Socialism and Man in Cuba". www.marxists.org. March 12, 1965.

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• I am much afraid that we shall have very greatly hastened the decline and ruin of the New World by our contagion, and that we willhave sold it our opinions and our arts very dear.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Art, Civilization, America

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• The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the latest in a series of trade policies which have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs, pushed down wages for American workers and led to the decline of our middle class. We want American companies to create decent-paying jobs in America, not just low-wage countries like Vietnam, Malaysia or China. The TPP must be defeated.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Jobs, America

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• Artists now decline to go to bed with beauty, fearing they'll wake up with kitsch.

  Mike Curran

  Artist, Bed, Wake Up

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• Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos. We, however, live in the firm conviction our times will see not the decline but the renaissance of the West. It is our proud hope and our unshakable belief Germany can make an imperishable contribution to this great work.

  Adolf Hitler

  War, Europe, Light

  Adolf Hitler (1944). “Hitler's Words”

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• Something extraordinary is happening. Do you sense it? Truly, as obedience and morality decline in the world, the Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous.

  Richard G. Scott

  Average, Growth, World

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• Establish that a Government may decline a provision for its debts, though able to make it, and you overthrow all public morality, you unhinge all the principles that must preserve the limits of free constitutions.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Principles, Debt

  Alexander Hamilton (1973). “Papers”

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• Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.

  Noam Chomsky

  Powerful, War, Hands

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• I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.

  Charles Schumer

  Class, Income, Needs

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• The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

  Charles Schumer

  Class, America, Income

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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