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

Quote by Alexis De Tocqueville

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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...

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but...

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but...

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...

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.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for...

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for...

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...

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more...

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more...

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...

Life is to entered upon with courage.

Life is to entered upon with courage.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to...

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to...

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 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 greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but...

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but...

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...

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 means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...