There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThose who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: “Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.”
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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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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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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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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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
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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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Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.
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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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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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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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Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
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