The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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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To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
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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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A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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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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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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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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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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
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If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence.
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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 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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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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