Ocupation: Historian
Life: July 29, 1805 - April 16, 1859
Birthday: July 29
Death: April 16
The more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help. That is a vicious circle of cause and effect.
source: Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”
topic: Government, Circles, Ideas, Vicious Circles