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Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal

Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth. – Charles Luckman

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America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land. – Philip James Bailey

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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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…a “land of the free” that struggles under the incredible burden of limitless taxes and laws; the home of the “brave” who stay silent to keep their jobs and avoid scrutiny by the IRS or the police. – Fred Woodworth, The Match!, No.74

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