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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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Author Profession: Historian
Nationality: French
Born: July 29, 1805
Died: April 16, 1859

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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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There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.
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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

Life is to entered upon with courage.
Alexis de Tocqueville

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.
Alexis de Tocqueville

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