The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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Life is to be entered upon with courage. -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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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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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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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

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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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Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?

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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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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. - Immanuel Kant

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