Who is Alexis De Tocqueville
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (French: [a.lɛk.si‿də tɔk.vil]; 29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), colloquially known as Tocqueville (), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science.Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830–1848...
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- The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
- The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
- The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
- Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
- All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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Theycmiroland: my final remark is based on alexis de tocqueville’s concept of the “tyranny of the majority” and my problem with it. “the right to bear arms” shouldn’t be higher than the right to live out a normal school day. tocqueville’s claim that a wide array of viewpoints leads to conflictThecrcd: "religion in america takes no direct part in the government of society, but it must be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions of that country; for if it does not impart a taste for freedom, it facilitates the use of it." alexis de tocqueville
Johnanthonycir1: a list of books i’ve read this past year that i recommend: human rights, virtue, and the common good by father ernest l. fortin catechism of the catholic church democracy in america by alexis de tocqueville the republic by plato apocalypse never by michael shellenberger
Tru56991: 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.,alexis de tocqueville,equality, men, control ,
Susanboylescat: “he who in given cases consents to obey his fellows with servility, and who submits his will, and even his thoughts, to their control, how can he pretend that he wishes to be free?” ― alexis de tocqueville, democracy in america
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