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Alexis de Tocqueville Quote - The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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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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Equality Heart Jealous Myself Place
This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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Difference Myself Opinion Tolerance
I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.
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Doubt Man Myself People Vote
Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.
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Greatness Ideas Mind Nation Power Simplicity True
One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic.
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Human Intellectual Logic Oneself Ordinary Peace Principles Weakness
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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Democracy Man Politics Principle Rule
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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Establishment Faith Liberty Moral
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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Friendship Hate Politics
It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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Easy Lying Simplicity Truth World
A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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Company Feeling Government Himself Men
America is great because she is good.
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Goodness Greatness Herself Patriot
I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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Dignity Human Liberty Love Passion
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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Escape Government Oneself Politics
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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Fake History People 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
Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
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Necessary Reality Simplicity

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