Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes About Justice

Quotes about: Justice

• When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Law, People, Justice

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2001). “Democracy in America”, p.107, Penguin

• I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Believe, Justice, Intellectual

• As I see it, only God can be all-powerful without danger, because his wisdom and justice are always equal to his power. Thus there is no authority on earth so inherently worthy of respect, or invested with a right so sacred, that I would want to let it act without oversight or rule without impediment (p. 290).

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Powerful, Justice, Earth

  Alexis de Tocqueville, Arthur Goldhammer (2004). “Democracy in America”, p.290, Library of America

• There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adoptedby the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the cornerstone of each nation's law.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Law, Justice, Majority

• A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Greatness, Justice, States

  Alexis De Tocqueville (2004). “Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II”, p.591, Bantam Classics

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