Tocqueville
A·lex·is Charles Hen·ri Mau·rice Clé·rel de [a-lek-see-sharlahn-reemaw-reeskley-relduh], /a lɛkˈsi ˈʃarl ɑ̃ˈri mɔˈris kleɪˈrɛl də/, 1805–59, French statesman and author.
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While Whitman worshiped equality, Tocqueville worried about it.
Americans’ passion for equality is so intense, Tocqueville said, that they are prepared to sacrifice everything else in its pursuit, including freedom.
“America is great because she is good,” wrote Tocqueville back in the day.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone | Nick Gillespie | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn America,” de Tocqueville noted, “land costs little, and anyone can become a landowner.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd you quote de Tocqueville at the front of your book, “Every American is eaten up with a longing to rise.”
And if Tocqueville is right, then Piketty is mistaken, despite the impressive scope and sophistication of his work.
This is why Tocqueville puts such a stress on the perils of patronage.
The penetrating mind of Tocqueville, I believe, was the first to perceive as much.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkIt was de Tocqueville, I think, who first called attention to the "tyranny of the majority" in democratic America.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinAnd de Tocqueville wrote long before crowd-thinking had reached anything like the development we see at present.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinNo wonder de Tocqueville said he found less freedom of opinion in America than elsewhere.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinWhen De Tocqueville wrote, there were only three or four cities with a population over 100,000.
British Dictionary definitions for Tocqueville
/ (ˈtəʊkvɪl, ˈtɒk-, French tɔkvil) /
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de (alɛksi ʃarl ɑ̃ri mɔris klerɛl də). 1805–59, French politician and political writer. His chief works are De la Démocratie en Amérique (1835–40) and L'Ancien régime et la révolution (1856)
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