I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
Alexis de TocquevilleWe succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy 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.
Alexis de Tocqueville