When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEWhen the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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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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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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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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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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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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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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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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Socialism is a new form of slavery.
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America is great because she is good.
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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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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.
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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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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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
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