As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEAmerica is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.
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I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
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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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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
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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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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 most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
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One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
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America is great because she is good.
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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
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