Socialism is a new form of slavery.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEI 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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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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As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
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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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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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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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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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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.
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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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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