It is difficult to imagine how many of those who love liberty, and who sincerely desire it, are yet ready to give it up at the first alarm.
Democracy in America
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"The most important of man's rights is to be allowed to live in a society where he is free to choose his own religion, and to follow his own conscience."
Controversial"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
Strange & Unusual"The most important of all the advantages which democracy procures is not, as has been sometimes supposed, the good of all, but the greatest possible good of the greatest number."
Controversial"I am not afraid that they will find bad governments, but that they will find governments that are not interested in the well-being of the people."
Strange & Unusual"Slavery, which is so cruel to the slave, is prejudicial to the master, and democracy, which is so favorable to the freedom of all citizens, is destructive of the independence of the individual."
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