There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. ― Willaim Lyon Phelps

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In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. - 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 greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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If men are to remain civilized, or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is increased. -- Alexis de Tocqueville

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The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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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. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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