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World Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions…
- Better use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else…
- Of all the countries of the world America is the one where the movement of thought and human industry is the most continuous and swift.
- It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they might not have chosen the…
- One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by…
- There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a great…
- It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
- I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as…
- The world belongs to those with the most energy.
- There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a…
- Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase.
- What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.
- It is from the midst of this putrid sewer that the greatest river of human industry springs up and carries fertility to the whole world.…
- In America, more than anywhere else in the world, care has been taken constantly to trace clearly distinct spheres of action for the two sexes,…
- European Christianity has allowed itself to be intimately united with the powers of this world. Now that these powers are falling, it is as if…
- Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have…
- Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time…
- There are at the present time two great nations in the world allude to the Russians and the Americans All other nations seem to have…
- In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the world where the…
- The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything…
- As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only…
- In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does…
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- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
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- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
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