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The State of Democracy in America – and the Ultimate Bribe
How is democracy in America doing?
In 1831 Alexander de Tocqueville was sent by the French government to study the American prison system. In typical French fashion, he took a couple wrong turns to enjoy his coffee at outdoor cafes, so when he returned to France in 1832, he provided a much wider view of the then fledgling country through his book, Democracy in America. Below are a few select quotes that continue to resonate today – including his wry observation on democracy and the ultimate bribe!
America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
A Book Review
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, begins with two detectives from Northern Ireland descending into high security vaults of a special collection at the Boston College library.
Next and interspersed over the course of the book is the 1974 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, an impoverished single mother of ten children, who was the widow of a Catholic husband, but who had grown up Protestant herself. She was forced out of her Protestant neighborhood by those who never forgave her for marrying a Catholic. But it was in Catholic West Belfast that she was spirited from her apartment by the Provisional IRA. Was she a spy against the IRA? It was assumed to be the case in the suspicious neighborhood she grew up in, but without providing a definitive spoiler, I’ll just say it was quite possibly a huge error that traces back to decisions by the founder of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams.
And then we meet “Arthur’s Daughters,” Delours and Marian Price, who became rock star IRA terrorists in the 1970s and who captivated the world during a hunger strike after being captured in London in March 1973, following a series of explosions they helped to light off throughout the city. Their fame changed the narrative from them being “Arthur’s daughters” to him being the father of “The Price Sisters.”
