Providence has not created mankind entirely independent or entirely free. It is true that around every man a fatal circle is traced, beyond which he cannot pass; but within the wide verge of that circle he is powerful and free.


De la Démocratie en Amérique (1835–40, translated by H. Reeve, 1841, ed. J. P. Mayer, 1951) vol. 1


Providence has not created mankind entirely independent or entirely free. It is true that around every man a fatal circle is traced, beyond which he...

Providence has not created mankind entirely independent or entirely free. It is true that around every man a fatal circle is traced, beyond which he...

Providence has not created mankind entirely independent or entirely free. It is true that around every man a fatal circle is traced, beyond which he...

Providence has not created mankind entirely independent or entirely free. It is true that around every man a fatal circle is traced, beyond which he...