#stagnate

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression. ↗

— John L. Phillips

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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

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Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

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