People/T
The quotations of
French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs
1805–1859
39 quotes, most often on America, Democracy and Freedom.
What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859
