De Tocqueville Award

Famous quotes containing the words tocqueville and/or award:

    In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
    —Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)

    The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)