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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a ...  
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal ...  
An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls in...  
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one s...  
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always...  
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality....  
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and ...   History
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind ...  
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty ...  
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or mor...  
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.  
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of...  
Life is to entered upon with courage.  
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of h...  
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; mora...  
The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed,...  
The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferior...  
The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people...  
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic ...  
The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revol...  
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there ...   Politics
There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volum...  
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and th...  
Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion...  
Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most huma...  
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we posse...   Business