Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

There are at the present time two great nations in the world—allude to the Russians and the Americans— All other nations seem to have nearly reached their national limits, and have only to maintain their power; these alone are proceeding—along a path to which no limit can be perceived.


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


There are at the present time two great nations in the world—allude to the Russians and the Americans— All other nations seem to have nearly...

There are at the present time two great nations in the world—allude to the Russians and the Americans— All other nations seem to have nearly...

There are at the present time two great nations in the world—allude to the Russians and the Americans— All other nations seem to have nearly...

There are at the present time two great nations in the world—allude to the Russians and the Americans— All other nations seem to have nearly...