Tocqueville Quotes

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 later turn into a judicial one. - Alexis De Tocqueville

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin. - Alexis De Tocqueville

There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it. - Alexis De Tocqueville

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it. - Alexis De Tocqueville

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. - Alexis De Tocqueville

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. - Alexis De Tocqueville

The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. - Alexis De Tocqueville

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. - Alexis De Tocqueville

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