Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also >>

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves modera >>

In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of mat >>

Quotations about Aristocracy

You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man a >>

I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, >>

If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fas >>

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.

Tocqueville, Alexis De