"Freedom sees in religion the companion of its……" — Alexis de Tocqueville
"Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its rights. It considers religion as the safeguard of mores; and mores as the guarantee of laws and the pledge of its duration."
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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257 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
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When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.
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Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.
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