"In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the christian religion retains a greater influence over men than in America, and there can be no greater proof of its utility"
On Mar 5, 6:22 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/> Today’s > History lesson. Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de > Tocqueville<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/todays-history-less...>by > Steve <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/> > > [image: Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de > Tocqueville]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/220px-alexis_de_...> > > Wiki has this to say. > > *Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de > Tocqueville<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville> > * (French pronunciation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_phonology>: > [alɛksi or alɛksis də tɔkvil]; 29 July 1805, Paris <http://www.paris.fr/> – > 16 April 1859, Cannes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes>) was a French > political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in > America<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America>(appearing > in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The > Old Regime and the > Revolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Regime_and_the_Revolution>(1856). > In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising > equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in western > societies. Democracy in America (1835), his major work, published after his > travels in the United States, is today considered an early work of > sociology and political science. > More HERE!!! <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville> > > *I always thought Jefferson could see what was down the road for us. But > this man de Tocqueville really had his eye on it too. Here are just a few > quotes with link for many more quotes.* > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > “Liberty > cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America “Men cannot abandon > their religious > faith <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith> without a kind of aberration of > intellect and a sort of violent distortion of their true nature; they are > invincibly brought back to more pious sentiments. Unbelief is an accident, > and faith is the only permanent state of mankind.” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville “What good does it do me, after all, if an > ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will > be tranquil and races ahead of me to ward off all danger, sparing me the > need even to think about such things, if that authority, even as it removes > the smallest thorns from my path, is also absolute master of my liberty and > my life; if it monopolizes vitality and existence to such a degree that > when it languishes, everything around it must also languish; when it > sleeps, everything must also sleep; and when it dies, everything must also > perish? ” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville “We can state with conviction, therefore, that a > man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the > contempt he feels for his country.” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville “The American > Republic<http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,...>will > endure until the day > Congress <http://www.house.gov/> discovers that it can bribe the public > with the public's money.” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America > “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, > America will cease to be great.” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville “Every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to > that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that > peoples should scorn public peace <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace>, but > neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that > asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave > in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the > man who will put it in chains.” > ― Alexis de Tocqueville More quotes > here!!!!<http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/465.Alexis_de_Tocqueville> > > *~Steve~* > > *Steve <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/>* | > March 5, 2012 at 5:00 am | Tags: > Alexis<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=alexis>, > Alexis de > Tocqueville<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=alexis-de-tocqueville>, > Cannes <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=cannes>, Democracy in > America <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=democracy-in-america>, > faith <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=faith>, > Paris<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=paris>, > Tocqueville <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=tocqueville>, United > States <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=united-states> | > Categories: Constitution <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=29050>, > Inspirational <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=35484417> | > URL:http://wp.me/pKuKY-cUE > > > Comment<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/todays-history-less...> > See all > comments<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/todays-history-less...> > > Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38...>. > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your > browser:http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/todays-history-less... > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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