Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of >>

However energetically society in general may strive to make all the ci >>

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, >>

Quotations about Honor

Better not be at all than not be noble. >>

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise t >>

One may survive distress, but not disgrace. >>

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.

Tocqueville, Alexis De