Political Thinker

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political scientist

1805 – 1859

Total Mentions

Direct Quotes

1953

First Mention

1994

Latest Mention

Most Frequent Citing Countries

Peru(3)United States of America(1)USA(1)Belgium(1)

Direct Quotations (1)

"Amongst the laws that govern human societies, there is one that seems clearer and more precise than all others. If men are to remain civilized, or become so, the art of association must grow and improve at the same rate as the equality of their conditions"

1994Belgium

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All Mentions (4)

1987·USA

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edo in the years ahead? I have spoken today of a vision and of the obstacles to its realization. More than a century ago a young Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, visited America.

1982·United States of America

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e and to achieve. President Reagan's approach to foreign policy is grounded squarely on standards drawn from the pragmatic American experience. As de Tocqueville pointed out, To achieve its objective, America relies on personal interest, and gives full reign to the strength and reason of the individual. That i

1956·Peru

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nt Eisenhower — who now, his tremendous personal prestige having been reaffirmed in the recent elections, governs the nation which, as foreseen by de Tocqueville, has become the greatest Power on earth — that he cannot conceive of peace except within the framework of respect for the United Nations and the orga

1953·Peru

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play a decisive part in the present period of history has had and still has that distinguishing trait which the intuition and prophetic genius of de Tocqueville revealed: the dominion over nature, in contrast with the conquest of man which de Tocqueville attributed to czarist Russia and which was destined to

Year	Country	Context	Speech
1987	USA	edo in the years ahead? I have spoken today of a vision and of the obstacles to its realization. More than a century ago a young Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, visited America.	View
1982	United States of America	e and to achieve. President Reagan's approach to foreign policy is grounded squarely on standards drawn from the pragmatic American experience. As de Tocqueville pointed out, To achieve its objective, America relies on personal interest, and gives full reign to the strength and reason of the individual. That i	View
1956	Peru	nt Eisenhower — who now, his tremendous personal prestige having been reaffirmed in the recent elections, governs the nation which, as foreseen by de Tocqueville, has become the greatest Power on earth — that he cannot conceive of peace except within the framework of respect for the United Nations and the orga	View
1953	Peru	play a decisive part in the present period of history has had and still has that distinguishing trait which the intuition and prophetic genius of de Tocqueville revealed: the dominion over nature, in contrast with the conquest of man which de Tocqueville attributed to czarist Russia and which was destined to	View