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When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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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Accomplishment Democracy Destroy Nation Peace Seek War
Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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America is great because she is good.
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Goodness Greatness Herself Patriot
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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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 most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.
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As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can’t have it both ways. Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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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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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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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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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.
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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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When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.
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