There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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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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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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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I vow that I do not hold that complete and instantaneous love for the freedom of the press that one accords to things whose nature is unqualifiedly good. I love it out of consideration for the evils it prevents much more than for the good it does.
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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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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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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
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Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
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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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As 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?
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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man’s support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.
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The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
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America is great because she is good.
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