United Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In the United States, there is no end which human will despairs of attaining through the combined power of individuals united in…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Christianity has therefore retained a strong hold on the public mind in America... In the United States... Christianity itself is a fact…

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At the head of any new undertaking where in France you would find the government, or in England some great lord, in…

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But what most astonishes me in the United States, is not so much the marvelous grandeur of some undertakings, as the innumerable…

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I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but…

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What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.

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In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus…

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In the United States, if a political character attacks a sect, this may not prevent even the partisans of that very sect,…

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In America, conscription is unknown; men are enlisted for payment. Compulsory recruitment is so alien to the ideas and so foreign to…

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Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly…

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The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population…

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[T]he main evil of the present democratic institutions of the united states does not raise, as is often asserted in Europe, from…

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In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an…

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In the United States, associations are established to promote the public safety, commerce, industry, morality, and religion. There is no end which…

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If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of…

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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…

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Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial…

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The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from…

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European Christianity has allowed itself to be intimately united with the powers of this world. Now that these powers are falling, it…

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There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

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Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

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In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the…

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In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and…

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