The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

classic quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

The gifts of intellect proceed directly from God, and man cannot prevent their unequal distribution.

classic quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by anonym
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.

quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!