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“History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the French Revolution

“There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville

“I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
― Winston S. Churchill