Sublime

Belonging neither to the class which regarded the social revolution as an innovation to be resisted, nor to that which considered political equality the universal panacea for the evils of humanity, he resolved by personal observation of the results of democracy in the New World to ascertain its natural consequences, and to learn what the nations of

Alexis de Tocqueville est un grand voyageur, portant dès ses premières découvertes de la Suisse ou de l’Italie un regard d’historien, d’économiste et de sociologue sur les pays qu’il visite.

When a State is threatened by serious dangers, the people frequently succeeds in selecting the citizens who are the most able to save

it is therefore very difficult to discover a medium between the sovereignty of all and the absolute power of one man:

General prosperity is favorable to the stability of all governments, but more particularly of a democratic constitution, which depends upon the dispositions of the majority, and more particularly of that portion of the community which is most exposed to feel the pressure of want.

Democratic institutions awaken and foster a passion for equality which they can never entirely satisfy.

to the end that the office might be powerful and the officer insignificant,