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Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes

French Historian July 29, 1805 – April 16, 1859

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They took over from the old order not only most of its customs, conventions, and modes of thought, but even those ideas which prompted our revolutionaries to destroy it; that, in fact, though nothing was further from their intentions, they used the debris of the old order for building up the new. Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without..."
The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. Alexis de Tocqueville
I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice. Alexis de Tocqueville
On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government. Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls..."
The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls the wretchedness and nothingness of man. Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "A democratic government is the only one in which those who..."
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
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "There is hardly a political question in the United States..."
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a..."
Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic. Alexis de Tocqueville
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. Alexis de Tocqueville
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common..."
Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror. Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to..."
In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. Alexis de Tocqueville
When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind. Alexis de Tocqueville
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own. Alexis de Tocqueville

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