Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLENothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.
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The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
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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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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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America is great because she is good.
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Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: “Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.”
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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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Life is to be entered upon with courage.
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This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.
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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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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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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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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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A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
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