by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Kevin Williams writes in National Review, On the Dangers of Democracy: Excerpts: Before the poetical Thomas Jefferson put his quill in it, the language of the Lockean trinity was clear enough: life, liberty, and property. The right of property is of course always and...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 25, 2018 | Politics
from the introduction of Democracy in America (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville: Past centuries have seen base and venal souls extol slavery, while independent minds and generous hearts were struggling without hope to save human freedom. But in our day one often...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 23, 2018 | Politics
from the introduction of Democracy in America (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville: I perceive that we have destroyed the individual entities that were able to struggle separately against tyranny; but I see that it is government alone that inherits all the prerogatives...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 28, 2016 | History, Politics
From Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America (published in 1840): Thus, after taking each individual by turns in its powerful hands and kneading him as it likes, the sovereign extends its arms over society as a whole; it covers its service with a network of...
