Alexis de Tocqueville
Full Name: Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville
Birthdate: July 29, 1805
Birthplace: Paris, France
Date of Death: April 16, 1859
Occupation: Author, Historian, and Political Thinker
Profile: Best known for
Democracy in America and
The Old Regime and the Revolution.
Website: http://www.tocqueville.org/
Number of Quotes: 1
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.