Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing.


Democracy in America (1835–40) vol. 2


On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing.

On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing.

On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing.

On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing.