The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or wretchedness.


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

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is ...

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is ...

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is ...

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is ...