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Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II

Book by Alexis de Tocqueville · 4 quotes · Men, States, Country

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Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II Quotes

“No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them; and though different men may sometimes find it their interest to combine for the same purposes, they will never make it their pleasure.”

“The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show with complacency how an enlightened regard for themselves constantly prompts them to assist each other, and inclines them willingly to sacrifice a portion of their time and property to the welfare of the state.”