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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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. - 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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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. -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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There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin. - 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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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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In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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