Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

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

It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that >>

In a revolution, as in a novel. the most difficult part to invent is t >>

Quotations about Women

For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and >>

A woman is like a teabag -- only in hot water do you realize how stron >>

Woman -- for example, look at her case! She turns tantalizing inviting >>

I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within it, nowhere does she enjoy a higher station. And if anyone asks me what I think the chief cause of the extraordinary prosperity and growing power of this nation, I should answer that it is due to the superiority of their women.

Tocqueville, Alexis De