“In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.”
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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.