How Democracies Die
Despotism therefore appears to me particularly to be dreaded in democratic ages.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Harvey C. Mansfield, • Democracy in America
It seems that if despotism came to be established in the democratic nations of our day, it would have other characteristics: it would be more extensive and milder, and it would degrade men without tormenting them.*1
Alexis de Tocqueville, Harvey C. Mansfield, • Democracy in America
