4 Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Ethics

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes on ethics

39. He was as great as a man can be without morality.

55. In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

86. The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.

103. Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope from another life; what is most important for it is not that all citizens profess the true religion but that they should profess religion.