Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

The American's principal means of action is liberty; the Russian's, servitude. Their points of departure are different, their ways diverse. Yet each seems called by a secret design of Providence some day to sway the destinies of half the globe.


Democracy in America, I, II, 10


The American's principal means of action is liberty; the Russian's, servitude. Their points of departure are different, their ways diverse. Yet each...

The American's principal means of action is liberty; the Russian's, servitude. Their points of departure are different, their ways diverse. Yet each...

The American's principal means of action is liberty; the Russian's, servitude. Their points of departure are different, their ways diverse. Yet each...

The American's principal means of action is liberty; the Russian's, servitude. Their points of departure are different, their ways diverse. Yet each...