Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes about Slavery

All Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes Age Ambition Anxiety Art Atheism Character Christianity Church Community Country Democracy Desire Destiny Earth Energy Equality Freedom Giving Greatness Hatred Heart Home House Ignorance Independence Islam Justice Labor Language Liberty Love Lying Mankind Morality Passion Past Politics Power Pride Progress Prosperity Reality Religion Revolution Sacrifice School Slavery quotes Struggle Suffering Tyranny Violence War Wealth Wisdom

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will increase amongst democratic nations, not only in the same proportion as

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will increase amongst democratic nations, not only in the same proportion as their equality, but in the same proportion as their ignorance.

Alexis de Tocqueville