| History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. |
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- Alexis de Tocqueville |
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| Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. |
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- Alexis de Tocqueville |
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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 colors breaking through. |
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- Alexis de Tocqueville |
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| There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. |
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- Alexis de Tocqueville |
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| If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence. |
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- Alexis de Tocqueville |
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