In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the multitude; all energetic passions are directed towards it.


Democracy in America: Part the Second: The Social Influence of Democracy (ed. 1840)

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the...

In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the...

In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the...

In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the...