4 Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Instability

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes on instability

2. We are sleeping on a volcano... A wind of revolution blows, the storm is on the horizon.

30. Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the American has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.

87. The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

92. The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.