Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThere is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.
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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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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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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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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.
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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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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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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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Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.
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However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.
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