One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLELiberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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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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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind.
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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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Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure.
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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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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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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
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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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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.
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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
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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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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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