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.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThe 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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The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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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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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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If I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.
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Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
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Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.
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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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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America is great because she is good.
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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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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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