When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEWhen the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLESocialism is a new form of slavery.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEWhen a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term, and public opinion, struck always from the same side, ends by yielding under their blows.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEEquality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: “Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.”
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLELiberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEEverybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThis so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEAs 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?
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLELife is to be entered upon with courage.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLENot 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.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEGenerally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEI do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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