Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most huma >>

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

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and th >>

Quotations about Property

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround >>

If a man owns land, the land owns him. >>

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become thei >>

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.

Tocqueville, Alexis De