The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLELiberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
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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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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Rulers who destroy men’s freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. … They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of absolute power with the moral authority that comes from popular assent.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
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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 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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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
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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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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.
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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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Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
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One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
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