It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve, it permits men to breathe, to reflect, to communicate their thoughts with each other, and to gauge by what they already have the extent of their rights and their grievances. The weight, although less heavy, seems then all the more unbearable.
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People may become complacent if they feel rights are already secured.
In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great meeting houses …
It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself; she enjoys all permitted pleasures without l…
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity…
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
We gotta make democracy safe for the world.
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently chec…