Logo
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democra

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. – Alexis de Tocqueville

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Society
category

No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation. – Daisaku Ikeda

Category:
Society

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. – Mark Twain

Category:
Society

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best? – Thomas Babington Macaulay

Category:
Society

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. – Emma Goldman

Category:
Society

Random Quotes

After a storm comes a calm. – Matthew Henry

Category:
motivational

Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive. – Ursula K. LeGuin

Category:
Science Fiction

The law has no power over heroes. – Charlotte Lennox

Category:
power

Ready, fire, aim: the fast approach to software development. Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim: the slow approach to software development. – Author Unknown

Category:
Programming