Alexis de Tocqueville In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville 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. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville 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. – Alexis de Tocqueville
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
Alexis de TocquevilleWar 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 TocquevilleWar There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de TocquevilleSociety 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
Alexis de TocquevilleSociety Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de TocquevilleReligion 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
Alexis de TocquevillePolitics In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de TocquevillePatriotism The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de TocquevilleMoney As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in? – Alexis de Tocqueville
