Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.


Chapter II. - Democracy in America, Volume I (1835) - Chapter I-V


The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking...