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Famous quotes containing the words durkheim and/or death:

    It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.
    —Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)

    If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)