![]() ![]() ![]() What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them. All are constantly seeking to acquire property, power, and reputation. ![]() No Americans are devoid of a yearning desire to rise, but hardly any appear to entertain hopes of great magnitude or to pursue very lofty aims. Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people. ![]()
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