"L'habitude de l'inattention doit être considérée comme le plus grand vice de l'esprit démocratique"

Alexis de Tocqueville

"I willingly accept that the bulk of the people sincerely supports the welfare of the country; (...) what they always lack, more or less, is the skill to judge the means to achieve this sincerely desired end"

Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America

"Laws are the children of habit"

Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America

"America highlights what the ignorance of the barbarity of early times has concealed from our gaze"

Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America

"In America religion leads to wisdom; the observance of divine law guides man to freedom"

Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America

"The reign of liberty cannot be stablished without morality, nor morality without beliefs"

Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America