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What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes…
What is the 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.
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can…
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case…
Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life; what is most important for it is not that all citizens profess the true religion but that they should profess religion.
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial…
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform. – Alexis de Tocqueville
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for…
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary. – Alexis de Tocqueville
The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens…
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the…
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.
The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is…
The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other.
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the…
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
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