Quotes by Tocqueville, Alexis De

Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving >>

In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendshi >>

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

Quotations about Class

Each class of society has its own requirements; but it may be said tha >>

I am his Highness dog at Kew; pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? >>

The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of >>

The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization.

Tocqueville, Alexis De