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Slavery Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

13 Slavery quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville’s thirteen remarks on slavery provide a succinct window into his analytical mind. The handful of quotes distills his nuanced observations, making it an efficient starting point for anyone interested in how this classic observer framed the institution.

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Socialism is a new form of slavery.

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He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.

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“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”

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The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.

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As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot…

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It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part,…

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Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom… The subjection of individuals…

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Slavery...dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the…

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The prejudice of the race appears stronger in the States that have abolished slaves than in the States where slavery still exists.…

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There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored.…

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I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle…

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There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed.…

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Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of…

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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

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“I am unacquainted with His designs, but I shall not cease to believe in them because I cannot fathom them, and I had rather…

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I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have…

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Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.

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The more alike men are, the weaker each feels in the face of all.

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“There is a twofold liberty, natural (I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal. The first is common to man…

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Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer…

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Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of…

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On this waterlogged landscape…are scattered palaces and hovels…It is here that the human spirit becomes perfect, and at the same time brutalised, that civilisation…

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“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

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