When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.
Alexis de TocquevilleReligion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions
Alexis de TocquevilleWhen I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.
Alexis de Tocqueville