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Emile Durkheim Quotes: The term suicide is applied to all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result
         

The term suicide is applied to all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result


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Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.



When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.



Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.

Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.



A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.

A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.



Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.



When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.

When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.



When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.



If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.



To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.

To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.



The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.

The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.





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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.



The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.

The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.



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When you affirm your own Tightness in the universe, then you co operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You, being yourself, help others be themselves.



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The Seahawks defense has to go balls deep to win this game.



Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.

Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.



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We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.

We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.



You need to doubt your doubts & believe your beliefs.

You need to doubt your doubts & believe your beliefs.




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