The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
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Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.
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The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.
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