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

Quote by Alexis De Tocqueville

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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...

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of...

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of...

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 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...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of...

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the...

In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the...

In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote...

In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote...

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.

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...

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...

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

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

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

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

The great advantage of the American is that he has arrived at a state of...

The great advantage of the American is that he has arrived at a state of...

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged...

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged...

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...

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

When a family is involved in a human rights movement, as in the Mexican- American...

When a family is involved in a human rights movement, as in the Mexican- American...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.