What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will… — 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
“There is a twofold liberty, natural (I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal. The first is common… — Alexis De Tocqueville Copy Share Image
One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“to be a government of "liberty regulated by law," with such results in the development of strength, in population, wealth, and military… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“I am unacquainted with a more deplorable spectacle than that of a people unable either to defend or to maintain its independence.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The principle of equality, which makes men independent of each other, gives them a habit and a taste for following, in their… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The religionists are the enemies of liberty, and the friends of liberty attack religion; the high-minded and the noble advocate bondage, and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Local assemblies of the people constitute the strength of free nations. Municipal institutions are to liberty what primary schools are to science:… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“But in America the sovereignty of the people is neither hidden nor sterile as with some other nations; mores recognize it, and… — 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
