Government Of The Democracy In America Part III Corruption And Vices Of The Rulers In A Democracy, And Consequent Effects Upon Public Morality In aristocracies rulers sometimes endeavor to corrupt the people – In democracies rulers frequently show themselves to be corrupt – In the former their vices are directly prejudicial to the morality of…
All posts in The Early Republic
Affiliate Link
 |
Democracy in America I: Chapter XIII, part II
Government Of The Democracy In America Part II Instability Of The Administration In The United States In America the public acts of a community frequently leave fewer traces than the occurrences of a family – Newspapers the only historical remains -Instability of the administration prejudicial to the art of government. The authority which public men…
Democracy in America I: Chapter XIII, part I
Government Of The Democracy In America Part I I am well aware of the difficulties which attend this part of my subject, but although every expression which I am about to make use of may clash, upon some one point, with the feelings of the different parties which divide my country, I shall speak my…
Democracy in America I: Chapter XII
Political Associations In The United States Chapter Summary Daily use which the Anglo-Americans make of the right of association – Three kinds of political associations – In what manner the Americans apply the representative system to associations – Dangers resulting to the State – Great Convention of 1831 relative to the Tariff – Legislative character…
Democracy in America I: Chapter XI
Liberty Of The Press In The United States Chapter Summary Difficulty of restraining the liberty of the press – Particular reasons which some nations have to cherish this liberty – The liberty of the press a necessary consequence of the sovereignty of the people as it is understood in America – Violent language of the…