Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. He was best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.
Born: July 29, 1805, Paris, France
Died: April 16, 1859, Cannes, France
Influenced by: Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Aristotle
Influenced: Max Weber, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Hayek
Quotes
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.