Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other; and with them this conviction does not spring from that barren traditionary faith which seems to vegetate in the soul rather than to live.


Chapter XVII. - Democracy in America, Volume I (1835) - Chapter XV-IXX


The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one...

The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one...

The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one...

The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one...