Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.”

“The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.”

“The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.”

“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.”