The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness.
In the original French
On retrouve donc d'ordinaire l'amour des richesses, comme principal ou accessoire, au fond des actions des Américains; ce qui donne à toutes leurs passions un air de famille, et ne tarde point à en rendre fatigant le tableau.
Democracy in America · 1840
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Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, bk. 3. ch. 17.
Original citation
Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, bk. 3. ch. 17.
