Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

We 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 Tocqueville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 29, 1805 - April 16, 1859

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I always wanted to be a medical doctor, and I never thought of business.

Jochen Zeitz

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I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract.

Jennifer O'Neill

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We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go.

John Eccles

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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.

Andrew Bird

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We took the insurance companies out of the driver's seat.

John Salazar

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I think it's important for me to show the world that sobriety hasn't made me soft. I'm on a mission to prove I'm still a nutcase.

Steve-O

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Getting married isn't going to make your relationship better. It's just a ceremony.

Rob Lowe

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Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him.

Mitch McConnell

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My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.

Lisa Jewell

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I feel like after my incident, it really made me realize football is not here forever. I'm all the more anxious to come out here and let my teammates know, 'Look, hey, this is the same JPP. Missing fingers aren't going to stop me from playing some ball.'

Jason Pierre-Paul

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Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Dick Gephardt

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Europe is a collection of free countries.

Douglas Feith

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