Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most promi... - Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
"Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years."
"Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years."
"I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice."