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.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEIn the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.
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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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Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power or debased by the habit of obedience, but by the exercise of a power which they believe to be illegal and by obedience to a rule which they consider to be usurped and oppressive.
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Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
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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 only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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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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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
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America is great because she is good.
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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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