When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.
Alexis de TocquevilleThe Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.
Alexis de TocquevilleBetter use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else in the world.
Alexis de TocquevilleYou may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will not care by what road you brought them there; and they will never reproach you for having excited their emotions in spite of dramatic rules.
Alexis de TocquevilleNot only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
Alexis de Tocqueville