Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democra >>

By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the orde >>

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new >>

Quotations about Opportunity

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. >>

Let us my friends snatch our opportunity form the passing day. >>

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the >>

Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the American has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.

Tocqueville, Alexis De