#be

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#begin #democratic #difficult #end #find

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#despise #get #never #others #out

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#around #author #barriers #beyond #formidable

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#conceive #impossible #intimately #liberty #make

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#american #become #cannot #chance #converse

There's no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something's a story because Drudge links to it. ↗

— Chuck Todd

#crime #days #deciding #drudge #journalism

Every minute this broad spends outside of bed is a waste of time. ↗

— Michael Todd

#broad #every #minute #outside #spends

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#because #broke #economy #entire #industrial

I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi. ↗

— Natalie du Toit

#am #autographs #because #hi #i

When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts. ↗

— Natalie du Toit

#competition #counts #equal #go #out