Aristocracy Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

— B. W. Powe

The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the…

— James Madison

The greatest characters the world has known, have rose on the democratic floor. Aristocracy has not been able to keep a proportionate pace with…

— Thomas Paine

Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a…

— Samantha Power

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which…

— Aristotle

Enforcing equality to compensate for the monstrous unfairness of nature destroys liberty. But total liberty leads to various forms of "aristocracy" and decay. Yet…

— Peter J. Carroll

An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The quality of a society will be judged by what the least privileged in it achieves.

— Robert K. Greenleaf

“I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has…

— John Adams

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will…

— Alexis De Tocqueville