Alexis de Tocqueville
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“There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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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.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“Life is to be entered upon with courage.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“He was as great as a man can be without morality.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“Life is to be entered upon with courage.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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“Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.” -Alexis de Tocqueville
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