It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.


Book Three, Chapter XVIII. - Democracy in America, Volume II (1840)

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and...