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Alexis de Tocqueville

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Biography - Alexis de Tocqueville:

French diplomat, political scientist and historian.
Born: 1805 - Died: 1859
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

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.



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Quotes for: freedom


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Quotes about freedom:


One is not born, but rather becomes, free.





There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.











Quotes for: Democracy


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Quotes for: Democracy


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





Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.





Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control.





The real democratic progress is not to lower the level of the elite toward that of the crowd, but to raise that of the crowd toward the elite.





My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.





The love of democracy is that of equality.











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Alexis de Tocqueville also said...


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





When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.





The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or to wretchedness.





Nations do not grow old in the same way that men do. Each generation born within the nation is like a new people.





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.





Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.












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