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An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say 'Gentlemen' to the person with whom he is conversing. - 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
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them. -Alexis de Tocqueville
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. -Alexis de Tocqueville
Life is to be entered upon with courage. -Alexis de Tocqueville
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.- Alexis de Tocqueville
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. - Alexis de Tocqueville
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. -Alexis de Tocqueville
The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. - Alexis de Tocqueville
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
Anyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect. ― Leonardo da Vinci
