"[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the……" — Alexis de Tocqueville
"[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them."
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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257 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
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When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy…
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.
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If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half…
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I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large…
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Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines,…
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The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all…
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When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are…
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Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of…
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Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source…
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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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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
— Charlotte Bronte
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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that…
— Jimmy Carter
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You can let hate, animosity and anger eat away at you, or you can let it go and begin again.
— Leon Brown
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Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear…
— Walter Savage Landor
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A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much…
— James Madison
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I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The second effort was spreading the word among the people, first, in a bid to raise their morale, and second…
— Hassan Nasrallah
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Every Muslim, from the moment they realize the distinction in their hearts, hates Americans, hates Jews and hates Christians. For…
— Osama bin Laden
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All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other…
— Mark Twain
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The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper…
— Grover Cleveland
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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected…
— George Washington
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We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from…
— James Madison
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