The taste for physical gratifications is everywhere on the increase; and it is a taste which, if it be not checked, will infallibly lead men to the most abject servitude.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America, Vol. 2, Book 2, Chapter 13
1840
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"The American woman is as free as the American man, and she is at least as intelligent."
Controversial"The Americans have a democratic constitution which they have not been prevented from creating, but which they have not been able to prevent from being democratic."
Strange & Unusual"The Americans are a people who are always in a hurry, and they have no time for anything that does not bring them immediate profit."
Strange & Unusual"I have always believed that the most important thing for a nation is to have a strong government, even if it is not a free one."
Strange & Unusual"The American Indians are, in a certain sense, a foreign people, and they have no place in the midst of the European population."
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