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Alexis de Tocqueville · History

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Alexis de Tocqueville

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?

Money

Alexis de Tocqueville

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

Great

Alexis de Tocqueville

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

Health

Alexis de Tocqueville

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

Freedom