... progress that allows a nation to rise above and endure times of hostility. The portrait of democracy is best painted by the French writer deTocqueville who acts as a mere observer of American democracy rather than a participant. Although taking such an objective stance, he adores the democratic institution ... the whole people of a country. The answer communism exclusively has that democracy lacks is the solution to the class struggle as identified by deTocqueville, "The division of property has lessened the distance which separated the rich from the poor; but it would seem that, the nea...

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... the state: both vying for power. The Liberalists also viewed the French Revolution as a failure of the system of government that existed at the time: feudalism. Great writers such as Alexis de Tocqueville believed the French Revolution was a necessary event; that it was trying to create a Constitutional Monarchy for France. He also believed that the French Revolution took a turn for the ... ...

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