Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
Tocqueville quote I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Tocqueville quote History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
Tocqueville quote Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Tocqueville quote 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?
Tocqueville quote A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
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