#debase

The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world. ↗

— Garet Garrett

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Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. ↗

— Simone Weil

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The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. ↗

— Mary Astell

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This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit. ↗

— David Mamet

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For the president to resign now would be wrong. President Clinton may have debased himself with his behavior, but we shouldn't debase the office with an impulsive overreaction. ↗

— George Stephanopoulos

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And for man to look upon himself as a capital good, even if it did not impair his freedom, may seem to debase him... by investing in themselves, people can enlarge the range of choice available to them. It is one way free men can enhance their welfare. ↗

— Theodore William Schultz

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