The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEI have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
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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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Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.
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In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting him from thinking at all.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class.
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However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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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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To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
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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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