Alexis de Tocqueville
Noun
Meaning
French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)
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Alexis de Tocqueville also claimed that jury trials educate citizens about self-government.
“Alexis de Tocqueville, in his day, observed that democracy in America had become possible and had worked because there existed a fundamental moral consensus which, transcending individual denominations, united everyone.
In fact, Alexis de Tocqueville declared that there was, “no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.”
Chartier, 8. See also Alexis de Tocqueville, L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution, 1850, Book Three, Chapter One.
In the mid-1800s Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the French Revolution began with "a push towards decentralization.
The title was inspired by the French classical liberal thinker Alexis de Tocqueville 's writings on the "road to servitude."