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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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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Art Freedom Hard Wonderful
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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Give Up Politics Vocabulary Word
Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.
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Greatness Moral
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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Escape Government Oneself Politics
Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
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Enemy Friendship Men Truth
I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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Dignity Human Liberty Love Passion
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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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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Future Light Men Mindset Past
Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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Courage Energy Enough Evil Feeling
America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.
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Country Freedom Talk
If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of the United States – that is to say, they will owe their origin not to the equality but to the inequality of conditions.
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Black Equality Greatness Presence Race Revolution
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
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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.
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Justice Kind Law Man Myself People Right Simplicity
Rulers who destroy men’s freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. … They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of absolute power with the moral authority that comes from popular assent.
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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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Corruption Discovery Endurance Government Money