Alexis de Tocqueville
born in 1805 AD; died in 1859 AD (age ~54)
Quotes (About)
When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in 1831, he found this new society so modern and so democratic that he become convinced—even fearful—that democracy would succeed everywhere, and he made Van Buren's generation immortal in Democracy in America.
- Martin Van Buren and the American Political System
- p. 4 (Easton Press, 1997)