Tocqueville

American  

[tohk-vil, tok-, tawk-veel] / ˈtoʊk vɪl, ˈtɒk-, tɔkˈvil /

noun

1. Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de 1805–59, French statesman and author.

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Tocqueville British  

/ tɔkvil, ˈtəʊkvɪl, ˈtɒk- /

noun

1. 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)

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Tocqueville

As Tocqueville intuited long ago, Americans owe much of that to the democracy the founders built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Debt issuance trends are strong and tracking 17% year over year in the second quarter,” Brian McKnight, equity analyst for Tocqueville Asset Management, which holds 39,000 shares, worth about $16.5 million, tells Barron’s.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The best critic of liberal individualism is Tocqueville in Democracy in America.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

Thus wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in “Democracy in America” about the reverence with which this country’s citizens in the 1830s regarded remunerative labor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

And yet by the time they left, Tocqueville and Beaumont had their doubts.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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