Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.


Democracy in America, II, II, 2


Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws...

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws...

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws...

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws...