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Quote DB :: Authors :: Alexis de Tocqueville :: View Quote View Quote "There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Alexis de Tocqueville Listed in: America, Laws Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 5  Rate Quote 1 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville "In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them." "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." "What is the 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." "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." "The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through." Top 5 quotes from America, Laws "There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one." "In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous." "When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws." "A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer." "Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed."

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