The only problem with this so-called quote is that Alexis de Tocqueville did not say it. Or, if he did, he did not bother to write it down nor did he include it in any of his writings. Moreover, no one else at the time write it down on his behalf.
Make no mistake . . . it is a wonderful expression, and one which I heartily endorse. That is precisely what Congress has gotten in the habit of doing! They bribe us with our own money, and most recently, they bribe us with the money of our ch
-god (2010-08-02)
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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.
Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery.
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