To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or … - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one.

Alexis de Tocqueville

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.

Government, Ideas, Passion, Unjust

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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger.

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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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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

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As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can't have it both ways. . . socialism is a new form of slavery.

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everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

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When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you.

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I once heard my mother tell my sister love only comes at a price, there's no way around it. You give up parts of yourself for love, she said. If that's true, I thought, the cost of our love had risen. And despite wanting to be as real to you as you were to me, I couldn't afford us any longer. We were beyond my means.

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