Alexis de Tocqueville : (2)

" The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. " - Alexis de Tocqueville

" A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. " - Alexis de Tocqueville