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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.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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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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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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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
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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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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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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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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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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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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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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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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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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