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The spread of equality of conditions is a providential fact beyond human interference
Drawn from what Alexis de Tocqueville said
What Alexis de Tocqueville actually said
- Alexis de Tocqueville French political philosopher and historian (1805 to 1859)
The gradual development of the equality of conditions is therefore a providential fact, and it possesses all the characteristics of a divine decree: it is universal, it is durable, it constantly eludes all human interference, and all events as well as all men contribute to its progress.
Where this was said
↗Democracy in America, Volume 1 (1835; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org
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