Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805-1859, French Foreign Minister & Writer, Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville
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Bush was addressing all countries in the wake of the September 11 attack on New York and Washington.
This very important historical quotations did not derive its importance for its content or the eloquence of the language. It is famous for what it triggered the examination of the role of the press that followed. His speech was at a Russian Sponsored "Peace Conference" and the Associated Press (AP) reported extensively on the role of the most prominent American participating in the conference. Exactly how it happened of why is still a mystery, but AP immediately sent back a wire story from Paris that quoted Robeson of having said, "We colonial peoples have contributed to the building of the United States and are determined to share its wealth. We denounce the policy of the United States government which is similar to Hitler and Goebbels.... It is unthinkable that American Negros would go to war on behalf of those who have oppressed us for generations against the Soviet Union which in one generation has lifted our people to full human dignity." This version was reprinted all over the United States and when a few weeks later, Robeson was to have given a concert for a civil right cause, at the instigation of a local newspaper in Peekskill NY motivated by the erroneous AP story triggered a riot where thugs beat concert goers and prevented Robson from singing that evening. See {583346} for the editorial and background. Bad reporting and irresponsible editorializing had triggered a terrible incident that at least luckily did not kill anyone.
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, colloquially known as Tocqueville (/ˈtɒkvɪl, ˈtoʊk-/), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, 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 analysed the improved 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 and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science.
