"No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country."
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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Freedom
― Alexis de Tocqueville
More From Alexis de Tocqueville
- "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."
- "There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."
- "As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"
More In Freedom
- "As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out."― Allen West
- "You don’t have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected."― Ron Paul
- "The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them."― George W. Bush