I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely…

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In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I...

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I...

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly...

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him...

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him...

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know...

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know...

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive...

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive...

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill,...

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill,...

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they...

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they...

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the...

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the...

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

You can't trust anybody with power

You can't trust anybody with power

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span