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

~Alexis De Tocqueville

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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

~Alexis De Tocqueville

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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

~Alexis De Tocqueville

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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.

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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

~Alexis De Tocqueville

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As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?

~Alexis De Tocqueville

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What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

~Alexis De Tocqueville

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Historian

Born: July 29th, 1805

Died: April 16th, 1859

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