Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLESlavery…dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.
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I vow that I do not hold that complete and instantaneous love for the freedom of the press that one accords to things whose nature is unqualifiedly good. I love it out of consideration for the evils it prevents much more than for the good it does.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
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I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.
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One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
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There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.
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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
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If I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.
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In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting him from thinking at all.
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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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