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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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In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics. ↗

— George Stigler

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This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character. ↗

— James Stockdale

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The government is determined to bring the program back on track, and proceed with the privatizations. ↗

— Yiannis Stournaras

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Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question. ↗

— Peter Straub

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At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary. ↗

— Allen Tate

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Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

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