I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.
Alexis de TocquevilleOne of the happiest consequences of the absence of government...is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows.
Alexis de TocquevilleThe Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization.
Alexis de TocquevilleThe best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.
Alexis de Tocqueville