The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLENothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
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Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.
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Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
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If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence.
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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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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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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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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.
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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
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Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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