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
Among these widely differing families of men, the first that attracts attention, the superior in intelligence, in power, and in enjoyment, is… — 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
In America one of the first things done in a new State is to make the post go there; in the forests… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The territorial aristocracy of former ages was either bound by law, or thought itself bound by usage, to come to the relief… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The regime which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor, and experience teaches that the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When an opinion has taken root in a democracy and established itself in the minds of the majority, it afterward persists by… — 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
