29 quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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