During my stay in the United States, I witnessed.... : Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

“ During my stay in the United States, I witnessed the spontaneous formation of committees in a country for the pursuit and prosecution of a man who had committed a great crime. In Europe, a criminal is an unhappy man who is struggling for his life against the agents of power, whilst the people are merely a spectator of the conflict: in America, he is looked upon as an enemy of the human race, and the whole of mankind is against him. ”

Alexis de Tocqueville
  • From : Democracy in America
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