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Alexis de Tocqueville Quote - 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.

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

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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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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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 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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The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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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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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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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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As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.
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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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