“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.”
Alexis De Tocqueville
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“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.”
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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“The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.”
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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“The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.”
Alexis De Tocqueville
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“In politics… shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.”
Alexis De Tocqueville
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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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“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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