To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEOne of the happiest consequences of the absence of government is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
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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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The 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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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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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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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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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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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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that, when needs be, they almost always gave each other faithful support.
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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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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
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Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class.
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