"No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country." ― Alexis de Tocqueville Topic(s): Freedom More From Alexis de Tocqueville "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." "Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners." "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." More In Freedom "Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."― Hans Christian Andersen "The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."― Wole Soyinka "We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right."― George H. W. Bush