Many important observations suggest themselves upon the social condition of the Anglo-Americans, but there is one that takes precedence of all the rest. The social condition of the Americans is eminently democratic; this was its character at the foundation of the colonies, and it is still more
strongly marked at the present day. I have stated in the preceding chapter that great equality existed among the immigrants who settled on the
shores of New England. Even the germs of aristocracy were never planted in that part of the Union. The only influence which obtained there was
that of intellect; the people became accustomed to revere certain names as representatives of knowledge and virtue. Some of their fellow citizens
acquired a power over the others that might truly have been called aristocratic if it had been capable of transmission from other to son.. Alexis de
Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835
Which value of Tocquevill does this represent?
Liberty
O Laissez Faire
Egalitarianism
Popular Sovenegnty
Individuais