The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and — Alexis de Tocqueville
The whole life of an american is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. — Alexis de Tocqueville
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult — Alexis de Tocqueville
There is hardly a pioneer’s hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of shakespeare. — Alexis de Tocqueville
There is hardly a political question in the united states which does not sooner — Alexis de Tocqueville
The american republic will endure until the day congress discovers that it can bribe — Alexis de Tocqueville
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions — Alexis de Tocqueville
The americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds — Alexis de Tocqueville
What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist — Alexis de Tocqueville
In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end. — Alexis de Tocqueville
In america the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these — Alexis de Tocqueville
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the — Alexis de Tocqueville
In the united states, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor — Alexis de Tocqueville
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. — Alexis de Tocqueville
There are many men of principle in both parties in america, but there is no party of principle. — Alexis de Tocqueville
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. — Alexis de Tocqueville
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real — Alexis de Tocqueville
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him — Alexis de Tocqueville
As one digs deeper into the national character of the americans, one sees that — Alexis de Tocqueville
An american cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The will of the nation is one of those expressions which have been most profusely — Alexis de Tocqueville
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but — Alexis de Tocqueville