Alexis de Tocqueville Revolution Quotations

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

When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.

Nations are less disposed to make revolutions in proportion as personal property is augmented and distributed among them, and as the number of those possessing it is increased.

A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst.

If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.