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 TOCQUEVILLEAll 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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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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Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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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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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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Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
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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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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.
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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The 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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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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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.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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