Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. - 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 power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Liberties aren't given, they are taken. -- Aldous Huxley

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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. - 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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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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The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. - James Buchanan

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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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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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