- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
- Both Parties
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
- Make
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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
- Equality
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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.
- Aristocratic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
- Opinions
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Entered
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is to be entered upon with courage.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020