A citizen of America
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election. Bill Vaughan
Democracy In America
Without Virtue there can
Without Virtue there can be no liberty Benjamin Rush
The only foundation for
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments. Benjamin Rush
Democracy is four wolves
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Ambrose Bierce
Furthermore, when citizens are
Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power. Alexis de Tocqueville
America is a land
America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man; and in his eyes what is not yet done is only what he has not attempted to do. – from Democracy in America Alexis … Read more
There are two things
There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it. Alexis de Tocqueville
History is a gallery
History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. Alexis de Tocqueville
I cannot help fearing
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. Alexis de Tocqueville
The surface of American
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Alexis de Tocqueville