Economy Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

All revolutions more or less threaten the tenure of property: but most of those who live in democratic countries are possessed of property -…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The more revolutions occur, the less things change.

— Georgie Anne Geyer

By revolution we become more ourselves, not less.

— George Orwell

“Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

— John Boyd Orr

Many people with different backgrounds, cultures, languages, and creeds combine to make a nation. But that nation is greater than the sum total of…

— Louis Nizer

“the greater the number of owners, the less the respect for common property. People are much more careful of their personal possessions than of…

— Aristotle

The inherent tendency of the State is to concentrate, to narrow, and monopolize all social activities; the nature of revolution is, on the contrary,…

— Emma Goldman

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another.

— Dmitry Pisarev

Political revolutions aim to change political institutions in ways that those institutions themselves prohibit. Their success therefore necessitates the partial relinquishment of one set…

— Thomas Kuhn

The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts.

— Thomas Jefferson