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Alexis De Tocqueville on democracy: "People liberated from old hierarchies want equality in freedom and, if they cannot get it, they still want it in slavery”
“Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, “Why the Americans Are Often So Restless in the Midst of their Prosperity” (1835)
“When all prerogatives of birth and fortune have been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone …an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch himself on a great career and feel that he has been called to no co
... See moreBelonging 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
... See moreAlexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
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.
Nicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
When a State is threatened by serious dangers, the people frequently succeeds in selecting the citizens who are the most able to save
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
it is therefore very difficult to discover a medium between the sovereignty of all and the absolute power of one man: