Alexis de Tocqueville Men Quotes

What did Alexis de Tocqueville say about Men?

Alexis de Tocqueville has written many quotes about Men. E.g.,

• What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
• I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
• There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

What are the top most famous Men quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Men by Alexis de Tocqueville.

• What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
• I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
• There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
• It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor as such differences become less, it grows feeble and when they disappear, it will vanish too.