30 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville about Democracy

  • Author Alexis de Tocqueville
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    In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the multitude; all energetic passions are directed towards it.

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  • Author Alexis de Tocqueville
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    What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them.

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