human nature
Example Sentences
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This concentration of power risks creating new forms of dependency and social control incompatible with human nature and freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Like it or not, Colbert was doing what comedians are supposed to do: hold a mirror up to society, politics, human nature or whatever their focus may be, and call out the absurdities within.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
“It’s human nature to try to solve the unsolvable and be as precise as possible, but we also can’t kid ourselves that we know the answers,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
"I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
