Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life; what is most important for it is not that all citizens profess the true religion but that they should profess religion.
Alexis de TocquevilleI see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.
Alexis de TocquevilleAny measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class.
Alexis de TocquevilleGrant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.
Alexis de Tocqueville