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Quote DB :: Authors :: Alexis de Tocqueville :: View Quote View Quote "The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Alexis de Tocqueville Listed in: Democracy Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4  Rate Quote 3 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville "There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one." "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." "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." "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Top 5 quotes from Democracy "Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame." "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." "It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting." "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people."

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