Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

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

The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revol >>

I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on ev >>

Quotations about Orthodoxy

When an opinion has taken root in a democracy and established itself i >>

Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what >>

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to p >>

When an opinion has taken root in a democracy and established itself in the minds of the majority, if afterward persists by itself, needing no effort to maintain it since no one attacks it. Those who at first rejected it as false come in the end to adopt it as accepted, and even those who still at the bottom of their hearts oppose it keep their views to themselves, taking great care to avoid a dangerous and futile contest.

Tocqueville, Alexis De