Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 5
Municipal institutions constitute the strength of free nations. Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science.Read in Books4Free →
Township Democracy and Local Self-Government
From Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
The New England township is for Tocqueville the school of liberty — local self-government teaches citizens to govern themselves and provides the practical experience that sustains national freedom.
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