Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A newspaper is an adviser who does not require to be sought, but who comes of his own accord, and talks to… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If a [democratic] society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them;… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will be tranquil… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“I am unacquainted with His designs, but I shall not cease to believe in them because I cannot fathom them, and I had rather… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The more alike men are, the weaker each feels in the face of all. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“There is a twofold liberty, natural (I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal. The first is common to man… — Alexis De Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
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