The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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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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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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Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
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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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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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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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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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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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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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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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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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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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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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