The evil which one suffers patiently as inevitable seems insupportable as soon as he conceives the idea of escaping from it. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient and the most permanent tendency which is… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set… — 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
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. No natural boundary… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself;… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Among the laws controlling human societies there is one more precise and clearer, it seems to me, than all the others. If… — Alexis De Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There are at the present time two great nations in the world allude to the Russians and the Americans All other nations… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests… — 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
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It would seem that if despotism were to be established among the democratic nations of our days, it might assume a different… — 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
![“One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world.” quote by Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/28b/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_action_one-has-freedom-as-the-principal-means-o_131610.jpg)
