Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThis so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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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 most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
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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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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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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
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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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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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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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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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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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