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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

Alexis de Tocqueville

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.
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Country Institution Law Moral World
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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Country Greatness Man Religious Soul World
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
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Corruption Discovery Endurance Government Money
I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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Dignity Human Liberty Love Passion
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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Ability Greatness Herself Lying Nation
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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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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Evil Freedom Goodness Love Myself Nature
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
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Goodness Service Silence
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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Establishment Faith Liberty Moral
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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Existence Himself Oneself
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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Country Freedom Independence Mindset Myself Reality
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
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Break Democracy Old Politics See Time
This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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Difference Myself Opinion Tolerance
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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Oppression Order Present Suffering Support
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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Genius Greatness Herself Myself Patriot Power Right Secret Understand
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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Art Freedom Hard Wonderful