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“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.”

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Book:The Federalist

Source: The Federalist

“We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a universal, incontestable fact, resulting from the nature of man, and not an adverse judgment, as would be the word selfishness.”

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Author:Frederic Bastiat

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society.”

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Book:The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution

Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution

“In our time, what is at issue is the very nature of man, the image we have of his limits and possibilities as a man. History is not yet done with its exploration of the limits and meanings of human nature.”

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Book:The Sociological Imagination

Source: The Sociological Imagination

“Nothing has changed the nature of man so much as the loss of silence.”

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Book:The World of Silence

Source: The World of Silence

“The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.”

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Author:Xunzi