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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.

Alexis de Tocqueville

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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Easy Lying Simplicity Truth World
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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America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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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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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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The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
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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.
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Doubt Man Myself People Vote
A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
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Believe Freedom Liberty Live Love Myself Time
Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.
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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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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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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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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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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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