4 Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Revolution

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes on revolution

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

50. In a revolution, as in a novel, the most difficult part to invent is the end.

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

104. Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity. Trade makes men independent of one another and gives them a high idea of their personal importance: it leads them to want to manage their own affairs and teaches them to succeed therein. Hence it makes them inclined to liberty but disinclined to revolution.