An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing.Alexis de Tocqueville
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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.
Alexis de Tocqueville
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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.
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Life is to entered upon with courage.
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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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He was as great as a man can be without morality.
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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
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Addressing,
American,
Become,
Cannot,
Chance,
Converse,
Conversing,
Discuss,
Discussion,
Dissertation,
Gentlemen,
His,
Into,
Meeting,
Person,
Say,
Should,
Talk,
Warm,
Whom,
Will
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