Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is … - Alexis de Tocqueville - Quotesmemo.com

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I struggled in my mind with all kinds of defenses. Should I be hurt? Surprised? Should I laugh it off? I wanted to say something cruel to expiate my anger and to justify myself. But it's difficult with old friends; difficult because it's so easy. You know one another as well as lovers do and you have had less to pretend about. I poured myself a drink and shrugged. 'Nothing's perfect.

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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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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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I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.

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I struggled in my mind with all kinds of defenses. Should I be hurt? Surprised? Should I laugh it off? I wanted to say something cruel to expiate my anger and to justify myself. But it's difficult with old friends; difficult because it's so easy. You know one another as well as lovers do and you have had less to pretend about. I poured myself a drink and shrugged. 'Nothing's perfect.

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