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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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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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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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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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Life is to be entered upon with courage. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. - 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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The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. - 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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