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I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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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Education Growth Myself Prosperity Strength Women
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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Fake History People Reality
Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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Freedom Loss Material Reward
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
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
Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.
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Greatness Moral
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
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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Democracy Difference Equality Liberty Patriotic Seek Service
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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Impossible Liberty Mindset Oneself Religion
Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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Courage Energy Enough Evil Feeling
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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Country Motivational Politics
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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Beginning Dangerous Government Moments
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
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
However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.
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Citizenship Equality Escape Himself Pride Try
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
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Goodness Service Silence