Alexis de Tocqueville | war
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it.
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Alexis de Tocqueville | war
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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Alexis de Tocqueville | society
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.
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Alexis de Tocqueville | society
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.
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Alexis de Tocqueville | society
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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Alexis de Tocqueville | religion
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.
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Alexis de Tocqueville | positive
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
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