#alexisdetocqueville — Public Fediverse posts

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”*…

Ah, but where might that be? Amos Miller (using tools from the good folks at Mapbox) shares a handy site with the answers…

The Civic Atlas is a project which marries leading civic data sets with information on governance types and physical capitals.

This project is an exploration of physical governance. As international relations enter another era of rocky uncertainty, it’s important to have the opportunity to look at a world which is not flat or equal. Many countries are on the march away from freedom and democracy towards autocracy. Many are already there.
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This is our globe.
We all live here.

A visualization of governance around the globe: “The Civic Atlas.”

* Latin phrase of unknown origin; the motto of Algernon Sydney and James Otis

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As we compare and contrast, we might spare a thought for Alexis de Tocqueville; he died on this date in 1859. A French diplomat, political philosopher, and historian, he is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.  Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville’s travels in the United States (on a mission to examine prisons and penitentiaries here) and is today considered an immensely important early work of sociology and political science.

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep” – from Democracy in America

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“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”*…

Ah, but where might that be? Amos Miller (using tools from the good folks at Mapbox) shares a handy site with the answers…

The Civic Atlas is a project which marries leading civic data sets with information on governance types and physical capitals.

This project is an exploration of physical governance. As international relations enter another era of rocky uncertainty, it’s important to have the opportunity to look at a world which is not flat or equal. Many countries are on the march away from freedom and democracy towards autocracy. Many are already there.
‍
Explore this project by selecting various freedom and democracy indices in the dropdown menu. Click a state to see where its legislative authority is housed, more information about the country, its governance system, and its governance scores. To learn more about each index, click on its link in the nav bar while selected.

This is our globe.
We all live here.

A visualization of governance around the globe: “The Civic Atlas.”

* Latin phrase of unknown origin; the motto of Algernon Sydney and James Otis

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As we compare and contrast, we might spare a thought for Alexis de Tocqueville; he died on this date in 1859. A French diplomat, political philosopher, and historian, he is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.  Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville’s travels in the United States (on a mission to examine prisons and penitentiaries here) and is today considered an immensely important early work of sociology and political science.

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep” – from Democracy in America

source

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”*…

Ah, but where might that be? Amos Miller (using tools from the good folks at Mapbox) shares a handy site with the answers…

The Civic Atlas is a project which marries leading civic data sets with information on governance types and physical capitals.

This project is an exploration of physical governance. As international relations enter another era of rocky uncertainty, it’s important to have the opportunity to look at a world which is not flat or equal. Many countries are on the march away from freedom and democracy towards autocracy. Many are already there.
‍
Explore this project by selecting various freedom and democracy indices in the dropdown menu. Click a state to see where its legislative authority is housed, more information about the country, its governance system, and its governance scores. To learn more about each index, click on its link in the nav bar while selected.

This is our globe.
We all live here.

A visualization of governance around the globe: “The Civic Atlas.”

* Latin phrase of unknown origin; the motto of Algernon Sydney and James Otis

###

As we compare and contrast, we might spare a thought for Alexis de Tocqueville; he died on this date in 1859. A French diplomat, political philosopher, and historian, he is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.  Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville’s travels in the United States (on a mission to examine prisons and penitentiaries here) and is today considered an immensely important early work of sociology and political science.

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep” – from Democracy in America

source

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”*…

Ah, but where might that be? Amos Miller (using tools from the good folks at Mapbox) shares a handy site with the answers…

The Civic Atlas is a project which marries leading civic data sets with information on governance types and physical capitals.

This project is an exploration of physical governance. As international relations enter another era of rocky uncertainty, it’s important to have the opportunity to look at a world which is not flat or equal. Many countries are on the march away from freedom and democracy towards autocracy. Many are already there.
‍
Explore this project by selecting various freedom and democracy indices in the dropdown menu. Click a state to see where its legislative authority is housed, more information about the country, its governance system, and its governance scores. To learn more about each index, click on its link in the nav bar while selected.

This is our globe.
We all live here.

A visualization of governance around the globe: “The Civic Atlas.”

* Latin phrase of unknown origin; the motto of Algernon Sydney and James Otis

###

As we compare and contrast, we might spare a thought for Alexis de Tocqueville; he died on this date in 1859. A French diplomat, political philosopher, and historian, he is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.  Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville’s travels in the United States (on a mission to examine prisons and penitentiaries here) and is today considered an immensely important early work of sociology and political science.

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep” – from Democracy in America

source

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country”*…

Ah, but where might that be? Amos Miller (using tools from the good folks at Mapbox) shares a handy site with the answers…

The Civic Atlas is a project which marries leading civic data sets with information on governance types and physical capitals.

This project is an exploration of physical governance. As international relations enter another era of rocky uncertainty, it’s important to have the opportunity to look at a world which is not flat or equal. Many countries are on the march away from freedom and democracy towards autocracy. Many are already there.
‍
Explore this project by selecting various freedom and democracy indices in the dropdown menu. Click a state to see where its legislative authority is housed, more information about the country, its governance system, and its governance scores. To learn more about each index, click on its link in the nav bar while selected.

This is our globe.
We all live here.

A visualization of governance around the globe: “The Civic Atlas.”

* Latin phrase of unknown origin; the motto of Algernon Sydney and James Otis

###

As we compare and contrast, we might spare a thought for Alexis de Tocqueville; he died on this date in 1859. A French diplomat, political philosopher, and historian, he is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.  Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville’s travels in the United States (on a mission to examine prisons and penitentiaries here) and is today considered an immensely important early work of sociology and political science.

“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democracy, from beneath which the old aristocratic colors sometimes peep” – from Democracy in America

source

A quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville

I am quite prepared to concede that public peace is a great good, yet I do not want to forget that every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that peoples should scorn public peace, but neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.
 
[Je conviendrai sans peine que la paix publique est un grand bien; mais je ne veux pas oublier cependant que c’est à travers le bon ordre que tous les peuples sont arrivés à la tyrannie. Il ne s’ensuit pas assurément que les peuples doivent mépriser la paix publique; mais il ne faut pas qu’elle leur suffise. Une nation qui ne demande à son gouvernement que le maintien de l’ordre est déjà esclave au fond du cœur; elle est esclave de son bien-être, et l’homme qui doit l’enchaîner peut paraître.]

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Democracy in America [De la démocratie en Amérique], Part 2, ch. 14 (1835) [tr. Goldhammer (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/tocqueville-alexis-d…

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A quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville

I am quite prepared to concede that public peace is a great good, yet I do not want to forget that every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that peoples should scorn public peace, but neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.
 
[Je conviendrai sans peine que la paix publique est un grand bien; mais je ne veux pas oublier cependant que c’est à travers le bon ordre que tous les peuples sont arrivés à la tyrannie. Il ne s’ensuit pas assurément que les peuples doivent mépriser la paix publique; mais il ne faut pas qu’elle leur suffise. Une nation qui ne demande à son gouvernement que le maintien de l’ordre est déjà esclave au fond du cœur; elle est esclave de son bien-être, et l’homme qui doit l’enchaîner peut paraître.]

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Democracy in America [De la démocratie en Amérique], Part 2, ch. 14 (1835) [tr. Goldhammer (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/tocqueville-alexis-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alexisdetocqueville #declineandfall #government #lawandorder #order #peace #security #tranquility #tyranny

A quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville

I am quite prepared to concede that public peace is a great good, yet I do not want to forget that every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that peoples should scorn public peace, but neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.
 
[Je conviendrai sans peine que la paix publique est un grand bien; mais je ne veux pas oublier cependant que c’est à travers le bon ordre que tous les peuples sont arrivés à la tyrannie. Il ne s’ensuit pas assurément que les peuples doivent mépriser la paix publique; mais il ne faut pas qu’elle leur suffise. Une nation qui ne demande à son gouvernement que le maintien de l’ordre est déjà esclave au fond du cœur; elle est esclave de son bien-être, et l’homme qui doit l’enchaîner peut paraître.]

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Democracy in America [De la démocratie en Amérique], Part 2, ch. 14 (1835) [tr. Goldhammer (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/tocqueville-alexis-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alexisdetocqueville #declineandfall #government #lawandorder #order #peace #security #tranquility #tyranny

A quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville

I am quite prepared to concede that public peace is a great good, yet I do not want to forget that every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that peoples should scorn public peace, but neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.
 
[Je conviendrai sans peine que la paix publique est un grand bien; mais je ne veux pas oublier cependant que c’est à travers le bon ordre que tous les peuples sont arrivés à la tyrannie. Il ne s’ensuit pas assurément que les peuples doivent mépriser la paix publique; mais il ne faut pas qu’elle leur suffise. Une nation qui ne demande à son gouvernement que le maintien de l’ordre est déjà esclave au fond du cœur; elle est esclave de son bien-être, et l’homme qui doit l’enchaîner peut paraître.]

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Democracy in America [De la démocratie en Amérique], Part 2, ch. 14 (1835) [tr. Goldhammer (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/tocqueville-alexis-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alexisdetocqueville #declineandfall #government #lawandorder #order #peace #security #tranquility #tyranny

A quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville

I am quite prepared to concede that public peace is a great good, yet I do not want to forget that every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that peoples should scorn public peace, but neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Democracy in America [De la démocratie en Amérique], Part 2, ch. 14 (1835) [tr. Goldhammer (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/tocqueville-alexis-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alexisdetocqueville #declineandfall #government #lawandorder #order #peace #security #tranquility #tyranny

Une semaine après avoir visité l’exposition au MO.CO. de Montpellier, nous avons été sur le deuxième site, à la Panacée, pour voir les œuvres d’artistes ayant travaillé avec Djamel Tatah (En « écho à l’exposition que le MO.CO. consacre à l’histoire de l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier »). Un lieu d’exposition (gratuit) que je recommande à toutes celles et ceux qui auraient l’occasion de venir dans le chef-lieu de l’Hérault.

Une semaine après avoir visité l’exposition au MO.CO. de Montpellier, nous avons été sur le deuxième site, à la Panacée, pour voir les œuvres d’artistes ayant travaillé avec Djamel Tatah (En « écho à l’exposition que le MO.CO. consacre à l’histoire de l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier »). Un lieu d’exposition (gratuit) que je recommande à toutes celles et ceux qui auraient l’occasion de venir dans le chef-lieu de l’Hérault.

Une semaine après avoir visité l’exposition au MO.CO. de Montpellier, nous avons été sur le deuxième site, à la Panacée, pour voir les œuvres d’artistes ayant travaillé avec Djamel Tatah (En « écho à l’exposition que le MO.CO. consacre à l’histoire de l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier »). Un lieu d’exposition (gratuit) que je recommande à toutes celles et ceux qui auraient l’occasion de venir dans le chef-lieu de l’Hérault.

Une semaine après avoir visité l’exposition au MO.CO. de Montpellier, nous avons été sur le deuxième site, à la Panacée, pour voir les œuvres d’artistes ayant travaillé avec Djamel Tatah (En « écho à l’exposition que le MO.CO. consacre à l’histoire de l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier »). Un lieu d’exposition (gratuit) que je recommande à toutes celles et ceux qui auraient l’occasion de venir dans le chef-lieu de l’Hérault.

Une semaine après avoir visité l’exposition au MO.CO. de Montpellier, nous avons été sur le deuxième site, à la Panacée, pour voir les œuvres d’artistes ayant travaillé avec Djamel Tatah (En « écho à l’exposition que le MO.CO. consacre à l’histoire de l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier »). Un lieu d’exposition (gratuit) que je recommande à toutes celles et ceux qui auraient l’occasion de venir dans le chef-lieu de l’Hérault.

Le Vidourle chemine à moi, et ce même loin de ses rives, à Montpellier. Voici donc que je tombe sur ce tableau lors de notre visite au MO.CO, samedi dernier. « L’École des beaux-arts de Montpellier : une histoire singulière », c’est jusqu’au 3 mai 2026 sur trois sites montpelliérains.

Le Vidourle chemine à moi, et ce même loin de ses rives, à Montpellier. Voici donc que je tombe sur ce tableau lors de notre visite au MO.CO, samedi dernier. « L’École des beaux-arts de Montpellier : une histoire singulière », c’est jusqu’au 3 mai 2026 sur trois sites montpelliérains.

Le Vidourle chemine à moi, et ce même loin de ses rives, à Montpellier. Voici donc que je tombe sur ce tableau lors de notre visite au MO.CO, samedi dernier. « L’École des beaux-arts de Montpellier : une histoire singulière », c’est jusqu’au 3 mai 2026 sur trois sites montpelliérains.

Le Vidourle chemine à moi, et ce même loin de ses rives, à Montpellier. Voici donc que je tombe sur ce tableau lors de notre visite au MO.CO, samedi dernier. « L’École des beaux-arts de Montpellier : une histoire singulière », c’est jusqu’au 3 mai 2026 sur trois sites montpelliérains.

Le Vidourle chemine à moi, et ce même loin de ses rives, à Montpellier. Voici donc que je tombe sur ce tableau lors de notre visite au MO.CO, samedi dernier. « L’École des beaux-arts de Montpellier : une histoire singulière », c’est jusqu’au 3 mai 2026 sur trois sites montpelliérains.

A vélo, le soleil dans les yeux. Ébloui, une sensation que je retrouvai avec le plus grand plaisir ce lundi matin. La semaine s’annonce à nouveau perturbée, profitons-en.

Retour de la pluie ce mardi matin. L’accalmie aura été de très courte durée. Il fait autour de 2°C et le trajet à vélo se fera sous une faible pluie qui semble proche de la neige fondue.

Ce mercredi matin je suis […]

A quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
 
[À mesure qu’on creuse plus avant dans le caractère national des Américains, on voit qu’ils n’ont cherché la valeur de toutes les choses de ce monde que dans la réponse à cette seule question : combien cela rapporte-t-il d’argent?]

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Letter (1831-06-09) to Ernest de Chabrol [tr. Toupin/Boesche (1985)]

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The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
-- Alexis de Tocqueville

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlexisdeTocqueville #America #SelfCorrection

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Dinosaur #Tracks #Colorado

"Siamo una #democraziaAutolesionista.
Sarebbe il tempo di svegliarci e di smetterla di farci del male.
Come ha scritto #AlexisDeTocqueville: “Quando il cittadino è passivo, è la democrazia che s’ammala”."

#patrimoniale #TaxTheRich
#15novembre #GovernoMeloni

https://www.pressenza.com/it/2024/11/la-mancia-ai-piu-ricchi/

@amiserabilist @JonChevreau @GottaLaff
#AlexisDeTocqueville #history

Nothing was revealed about America that #AlexisDeTocqueville didn’t already describe during the Jackson Administration.

That is in the #history books which will be banned, shortly.

I was delighted to join the #UniversityOfLouisville’s year-long community examination of #Tocqueville by discussing #AFortnightInTheWilderness. Tomorrow I’ll be leading a seminar for #Kentucky teachers on this text.

#Books #Bookstodon #AlexisDeTocqueville #19thCentury

https://youtu.be/OaT-17hgAFU?si=EHy49kyBz46tG89H

I was delighted to join the #UniversityOfLouisville’s year-long community examination of #Tocqueville by discussing #AFortnightInTheWilderness. Tomorrow I’ll be leading a seminar for #Kentucky teachers on this text.

#Books #Bookstodon #AlexisDeTocqueville #19thCentury

https://youtu.be/OaT-17hgAFU?si=EHy49kyBz46tG89H

„Ich verlange von den Priestern, denen die Erziehung der Menschen aufgetragen ist oder die auf sie Einfluss haben, nicht, diesen Menschen die Gewissenspflicht aufzuerlegen, die Republik oder die Monarchie zu bevorzugen. Aber ich wünsche, sie möchten ihnen öfter sagen, dass sie gleichzeitig zur Tatsache, dass sie Christen sind, einer der grossen menschlichen Vereinigungen angehören, die Gott zweifellos eingerichtet hat, um die Bande sichtbarer und wahrnehmbarer zu machen, welche die Individuen aneinanderbinden. Es sind die Vereinigungen, die Völker heissen und deren Territorien man Heimatland nennt. Diesem Kollektiv gegenüber ist es nicht erlaubt, in Gleichgültigkeit zu verfallen. Denn alle sind verpflichtet, beständig für dessen Gedeihen zu arbeiten und darüber zu wachen, dass sie nur wohltätigen, respektablen und legitimen Autoritäten unterworfen sind“.
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
#philosophie #fedikirche @philosophie #AlexisDeTocqueville

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
-- Alexis de Tocqueville

⬆ #Quotes #AlexisdeTocqueville #America #SelfCorrection

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida