The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other

Quote by Alexis De Tocqueville

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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...

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

Life is to entered upon with courage.

Life is to entered upon with courage.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in...

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in...

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...

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

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.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no...

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no...

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...

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...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

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 Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

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...

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,...

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...

I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every...

I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every...

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

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