Quote of Alexis de Tocqueville - Nations do not grow old in...

Biography - Alexis de Tocqueville:

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

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

Note

"And do not say that it is too late to try; nations do not grow old in the same way that men do. Each generation born within the nation is like a new people who comes to offer itself to the hand of the law-maker."

Quote source: Democracy in America

Wikisource - Alexis de Tocqueville - De la démocratie en Amérique (fr)

Translation

(French, German)

Les nations ne vieillissent point de la même manière que les hommes. Chaque génération qui naît dans leur sein est comme un peuple nouveau.

Alexis de Tocqueville - De la démocratie en Amérique

Die Völker altern nicht auf die gleiche Art wie die Menschen. Jede neue Generation, die in ihrem Schoß geboren wird, gleicht einem neuen Volk.

Alexis de Tocqueville - Über die Demokratie in Amerika

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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

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