Ocupation: Writer
Life: June 10, 1915 - April 5, 2005
Birthday: June 10
Death: April 5
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive powers generated by this same impulse.
source: Saul Bellow (1976). “Herzog”, Viking Adult
topic: Underestimate, Democratic, Impulse, Destructive Power