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. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Like and equal are not the same thing at all! -- Madeleine L'Engle

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As fantastical as America’s space ambitions might have seemed, sending a man into space was starting to feel like a straightforward task compared to putting black and white students together in the same Virginia classrooms. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? -- William Shakespeare

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The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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As women must be more empowered at work, men must be more empowered at home. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.- Alexis de Tocqueville

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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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