"There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it."
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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War
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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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."
- "The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens."
- "I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America."
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- "A majority of this country opposes this war, a majority of this country never voted for this administration."― Michael Moore
- "My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don’t speak English."― Margaret Cho
- "This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war."― George W. Bush