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As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?

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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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In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting him from thinking at all.
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America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.
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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
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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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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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Slavery…dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.
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There 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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Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.
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As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can’t have it both ways. Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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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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A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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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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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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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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