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Best Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- [Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom.
- The French constitute the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation in Europe and the best qualified in turn to become an object of admiration,…
- The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth,…
- The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
- Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
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- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
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