Alexis de Tocqueville | equality
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
Alexis de Tocqueville | equality Read More »
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville | equality
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Alexis de Tocqueville | equality Read More »
Alexis de Tocqueville | equality
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
Alexis de Tocqueville | equality Read More »
Alexis de Tocqueville | business
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
Alexis de Tocqueville | business Read More »
Alexis de Tocqueville | business
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de Tocqueville | business Read More »
Quote from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.
Quote from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America Read More »