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Alexis De Tocqueville Quotes


We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.