In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEThere 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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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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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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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 more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
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Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
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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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A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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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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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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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The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
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The more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help. That is a vicious circle of cause and effect.
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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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I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
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