In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The revolution of the United States was the result of a mature and dignified taste for freedom, and not of a vague… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Nations are less disposed to make revolutions in proportion as personal property is augmented and distributed among them, and as the number… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of… — 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
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
All revolutions more or less threaten the tenure of property: but most of those who live in democratic countries are possessed of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“I have always thought that in revolutions, especially democratic revolutions, madmen, not those so called by courtesy, but genuine madmen, have played… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger.… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations that have endured patiently and almost unconsciously… — 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
