Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEIf 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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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
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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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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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The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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America is great because she is good.
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There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
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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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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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