Alexis de Tocqueville on friendship
Alexis de Tocqueville70 quotes“In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.”
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America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: “Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.”
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that, when needs be, they almost always gave each other faithful support.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville America is great because she is good.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man’s support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Life is to be entered upon with courage.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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