What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but...#Alexis De Tocqueville
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in...#Alexis De Tocqueville
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.#Alexis De Tocqueville
There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or...#Alexis De Tocqueville
The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary...#Alexis De Tocqueville
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive...#Alexis De Tocqueville
The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...#Alexis De Tocqueville
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...#America And Americans, #Aristocracy, #Democracy
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...#America And Americans, #Equality
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...#Democracy, #Government, #Words
