What Alexis de Tocqueville thinks about Russia
French political philosopher and historian (1805 to 1859); author of Democracy in America.
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1 dated position, c. 1835, in their own words. Our reading of what Alexis de Tocqueville has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe Anglo-American relies upon personal interest to accomplish his ends, and gives free scope to the unguided exertions and common-sense of the citizens; the Russian centres all the authority of society in a single arm: the principal instrument of the former is freedom; of the latter servitude. Their starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems to be marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe.
↗Democracy in America, Volume 1 (1835; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book