The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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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 health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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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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Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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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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Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
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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 more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help. That is a vicious circle of cause and effect.
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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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