A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThere are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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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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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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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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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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America is great because she is good.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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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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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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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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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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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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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