This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThose which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
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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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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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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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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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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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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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One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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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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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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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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Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
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When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.
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