86 ordspråk av Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens
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The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing
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The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.
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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.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.
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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.
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The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.
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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
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The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.
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There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it
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There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it.
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There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.
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