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The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Peace begins with a smile. ↗

— Mother Teresa

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Where annual elections end where slavery begins. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

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Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. ↗

— Clive Barker

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With renunciation life begins. ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

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Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense. ↗

— Fawn M. Brodie

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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened. ↗

— Fidel Castro

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