Tocqueville

[ tohk-vil, tok-; French tawk-veel ]

noun

1. A·lex·is Charles Hen·ri Mau·rice Clé·rel de [a, -lek-, see, , sharl, ah, n, -, ree, maw-, rees, kley-, rel, d, uh], 1805–59, French statesman and author.

Tocqueville

/ tɔkvil; ˈtɒk-; ˈtəʊkvɪl /

noun

1. TocquevilleAlexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de18051859MFrenchPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: political writer Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de (alɛksi ʃarl ɑ̃ri mɔris klerɛl də). 1805–59, French politician and political writer. His chief works are De la Démocratie en Amérique (1835–40) and L'Ancien régime et la révolution (1856)

Example Sentences

While Whitman worshiped equality, Tocqueville worried about it.

From Washington Post

Americans’ passion for equality is so intense, Tocqueville said, that they are prepared to sacrifice everything else in its pursuit, including freedom.

From Washington Post

“America is great because she is good,” wrote Tocqueville back in the day.

From The Daily Beast

In America,” de Tocqueville noted, “land costs little, and anyone can become a landowner.

From The Daily Beast

And you quote de Tocqueville at the front of your book, “Every American is eaten up with a longing to rise.”

From The Daily Beast

And if Tocqueville is right, then Piketty is mistaken, despite the impressive scope and sophistication of his work.

From The Daily Beast

This is why Tocqueville puts such a stress on the perils of patronage.

From The Daily Beast

The penetrating mind of Tocqueville, I believe, was the first to perceive as much.

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It was de Tocqueville, I think, who first called attention to the "tyranny of the majority" in democratic America.

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And de Tocqueville wrote long before crowd-thinking had reached anything like the development we see at present.

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No wonder de Tocqueville said he found less freedom of opinion in America than elsewhere.

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When De Tocqueville wrote, there were only three or four cities with a population over 100,000.

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