All Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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He was as great as a man can be without morality.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.
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It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.
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In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.
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