What Alexis de Tocqueville thinks about education
French political philosopher and historian (1805 to 1859); author of Democracy in America.
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2 dated positions, 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 wordsTown-meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people’s reach, they teach men how to use and how to enjoy it. A nation may establish a system of free government, but without the spirit of municipal institutions it cannot have the spirit of liberty.
↗Democracy in America, Volume 1 (1835; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Their wordsI do not know whether the jury is useful to those who are in litigation; but I am certain it is highly beneficial to those who decide the litigation; and I look upon it as one of the most efficacious means for the education of the people which society can employ.
↗Democracy in America, Volume 1 (1835; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book