History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
Alexis de TocquevilleA man's admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
Alexis de TocquevilleIt is from the midst of this putrid sewer that the greatest river of human industry springs up and carries fertility to the whole world. From this foul drain pure gold flows forth.
Alexis de TocquevilleIn the absence of government each man learns to think, to act for himself, without counting on the support of an outside force which, however vigilant one supposes it to be, can never answer all social needs. Man, thus accustomed to seek his well-being only through his own efforts, raises himself in his own opinion as he does in the opinion of others; his soul becomes larger and stronger at the same time.
Alexis de Tocqueville