Alexis de Tocqueville

“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”

“It is evident that in democratic communities the interest of individuals, as well as the security of the commonwealth, demands that the education of the greater number should be scientific, commercial, and industrial, rather than literary.”

“Of all armies those which long for war most ardently are the democratic ones, but of all peoples those most deeply attached to peace are the democratic nations.”

“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.”