June 19, 2013
Tocqueville saw a nation of individuals who were defiant of authority. Today? Welcome to Planet Government.
In "Democracy in America," published in 1833, Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at the way Americans preferred voluntary association to government regulation. "The inhabitant of the United States," he wrote, "has only a defiant and restive regard for social authority and he appeals to it . . . only when he cannot do without it."
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Tocqueville saw a nation of individuals who were defiant of authority. Today? Welcome to Planet Government.
In "Democracy in America," published in 1833, Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at the way Americans preferred voluntary association to government regulation. "The inhabitant of the United States," he wrote, "has only a defiant and restive regard for social authority and he appeals to it . . . only when he cannot do without it."
Read the Rest on the Other Side of the WSJ Pay Wall>>
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