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Reason Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political maxims, civil and…
- I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.
- Muhammad brought down from heaven and put into the Koran not religious doctrines only, but political maxims, criminal and civil laws, and scientific theories. The Gospels on…
- It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself; she enjoys all…
- If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable…
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