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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.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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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Democracy Difference Equality Liberty Patriotic Seek Service
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
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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Country Freedom Independence Mindset Myself Reality
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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Corruption Discovery Endurance Government Money
Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power or debased by the habit of obedience, but by the exercise of a power which they believe to be illegal and by obedience to a rule which they consider to be usurped and oppressive.
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Believe Exercise Illegal Men Oppression Power Rule
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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Oppression Order Present Suffering Support
Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
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Detail Government Liberty relief
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
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Goodness Service Silence
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
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
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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Existence Himself Oneself
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
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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Ability Greatness Herself Lying Nation
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
I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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Dignity Human Liberty Love Passion
Rulers who destroy men’s freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. … They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of absolute power with the moral authority that comes from popular assent.
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Authority Beginning Freedom Illusion Men Moral Power Rule Try