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Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville

French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist

Lived from: 1805 - 1859

Category: History and sociology | Philosophers Country: FlagFrance

Born: 29 july 1805 Died: 16 april 1859

  • In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
  • However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.

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  • The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
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  • Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life; what is most important for it is not that all citizens profess the true religion but that they should profess religion.
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