Alexis de Tocqueville

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Biography : French diplomat, political scientist and historian.
Born: 1805 - Died: 1859
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Alexis de Tocqueville - Quotes

Amongst democratic nations, each new generation is a new people.
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America /

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or to wretchedness.
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America /

freedom

Nations do not grow old in the same way that men do. Each generation born within the nation is like a new people.
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America /

generation

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America

freedom

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America /

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