Democratic nations…will habitually prefer the useful to the beautiful, and they will require that the beautiful be useful.


Democracy in America, 1835

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

Democratic nations…will habitually prefer the useful to the beautiful, and they will require that the beautiful be useful.

Democratic nations…will habitually prefer the useful to the beautiful, and they will require that the beautiful be useful.

Democratic nations…will habitually prefer the useful to the beautiful, and they will require that the beautiful be useful.

Democratic nations…will habitually prefer the useful to the beautiful, and they will require that the beautiful be useful.