Tyrany is in greatest danger when it relents
Tocqueville quote Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery.
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Tocqueville quoteThose which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed.
Tocqueville quote Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
Tocqueville quote In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
Tocqueville quote Life is to entered upon with courage.
Tocqueville quote In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
Tocqueville quote In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.
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