Alexis de Tocqueville — "The Americans are a people who are always in a hurry. They are always running af…"
The Americans are a people who are always in a hurry. They are always running after some new thing.
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"The American people are a people who are very fond of comfort, and they are not always very fond of liberty."
"I do not think that the white and black races will ever live in any country upon an equal footing. But I believe that they will remain in a state of hostility, unless they are separated."
"I have encountered passionate materialists whose closing of the eyes to faith was as fanatical as religious zeal."
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"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."