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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.”

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
Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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Form One Liner Slave
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
Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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Dangerous Employment People Violence
As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
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Future Light Men Mindset Past
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
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Character Money Nation See Value
The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
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Born Freedom Liberty Men Slave
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
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Best Law Moral Worst
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
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Dangerous Fear Man Myself Revolution Theory
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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Equality Himself Leadership Men Thinking
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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Justice Kind Law Man Myself People Right Simplicity
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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Government Improvement Moments Oppression Seek
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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Give Up Politics Vocabulary Word
The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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Kind Language Man Strong Unity
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
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