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Alexis de Tocqueville has 263 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch…
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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 of his…
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I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have…
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Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political…
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The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all the changes…
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When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are worth much,…
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Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will…
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Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its…
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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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A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
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Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our…
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To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings…
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If God would concede me His omnipotence for 24 hours, you would see how many changes I would make in the world.…
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God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He…
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Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be…
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I feel annoyed that in His wisdom, [God] chose to reel me in with middle-brow Christian fiction. It could be worse, I…
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God has many ways that He might use to achieve His ends, but His wisdom determined the best way to accomplish them.
— Unknown Author
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God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
— Johannes Tauler
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The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless
— Plato
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