Equality Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

All around you everything is on the move,

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“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

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