Alexis de Tocqueville Democrat Quotations

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

Amongst democratic nations, each new generation is a new people.

The taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times.

The position of the Americans is quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one.

A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.