Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Do not lift him from the bracken, Leave him lying where he fell- Better bier ye cannot fashion: None beseems him half so well As the bare and broken heather, And the hard and trampled sod, Whence his angry soul ascended To the judgment seat of God!

Alexis de Tocqueville

Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase.

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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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Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

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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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everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

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