The greatest danger that threatens modern nations is the indifference of the majority to the public interest.
Democracy in America
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"It is not the facility of the elections which makes the American government democratic, but the character of the people."
Controversial"I think that the species of oppression by which democratic nations are menaced is unlike anything which ever before existed in the world."
Strange & Unusual"I have often seen that the love of liberty is not the only motive of action, and that there are many other passions which can lead men to do great things."
Strange & Unusual"The Americans are a people who are always talking about liberty, but they are also a people who are always ready to give it up."
Strange & Unusual"The United States is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion, and in which nothing is fixed."
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