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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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There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of…
— Pope John XXIII
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The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our…
— Herbert Hoover
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The United Nations cannot do anything, and never could; it is not an animate entity or agent. It is a place, a…
— Conor Cruise O'Brien
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The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua.
— Unknown Author
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The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without…
— Tacitus
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With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at…
— Pope John Paul II
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The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and…
— John Bruton
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The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Nations cannot endure in sin.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly…
— Ban Ki-moon
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