Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes



Best 15 Democracy in America Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

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“A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.”

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“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.”

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“As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.”

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“Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.”

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“I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.”

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“If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence.”

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“It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is to multiply their number.”

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“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.”

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“Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude.”

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“Slavery dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.”

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“Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.”

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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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“There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.”

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“There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.”

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“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

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