Alexis de Tocqueville

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

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These are some quotes by French author Alexis de Tocqueville Historian, who lived between July 29, 1805 and April 16, 1859.

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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

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