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 americanaristocraticbreak Change image and share on social
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. Alexis de Tocqueville democraticescapegovernment Change image and share on social
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. Alexis de Tocqueville americanbribecongress Change image and share on social
The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies. Alexis de Tocqueville assemblydebatedemocratic share on social
