Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in contemplating the cause of the present embarrassments, or the future dangers of the United States, the observer is invariably led to this as a primary fact.


Chapter XVIII. - Democracy in America, Volume I (1835) - Chapter XV-IXX


The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in...

The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in...

The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in...

The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in...