Best Alexis de Tocqueville Lines
- Democratic nations care but little for what has been, but they are haunted by visions of what will be. Been
- Amongst democratic nations, each new generation is a new people. Amongst
- Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust. Equal
- One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of… Contrary
- The taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times. Democratic
- When the reality of power has been surrendered, it's playing a dangerous game to seek to retain the appearance of it; the external aspect of… Appearance
- A man who raises himself by degrees to wealth and power, contracts, in the course of this protracted labor, habits of prudence and restraint which… Afterwards
- Men living in democratic times have many passions, but most of their passions either end in the love of riches, or proceed from it. Democratic
- Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to… All
- In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there than anywhere else,… America
- The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man par excellence; below… Accuse
- I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within it,… American
- In politics a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships. Almost Always
- [R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them. Animosity
- European Christianity has allowed itself to be intimately united with the powers of this world. Now that these powers are falling, it is as if… Allowed
- A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst. Democratic
- All around you everything is on the move, All
- Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly independence of thought,… Ambition
- Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have… Clear
- If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable… Absolute
- Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people's reach... Bring
- There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people. When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more… All
- Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed. Accustomed
- I must say that I have seen Americans make great and real sacrifices to the public welfare; and have noticed a hundred instances in which… Americans
- The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a… Acknowledge
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