The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of it and is absorbed back into it.


Chapter IV, Part I. - Democracy in America, Volume I (1835) - Chapter I-V

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of ...

The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of ...

The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of ...

The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of ...