# Alexis de Tocqueville — Progress and Poverty character guide

> Alexis de Tocqueville in Progress and Poverty by Henry George.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** De Tocqueville

**First appearance:** 0057-v-of-property-in-land-in-the-united-states

## Who they are

French political thinker, cited for observations on democracy and property in America.

## In the story

### [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/epigraph)

Quoted epigraph advocating for a new and fair division of goods and rights.

### [The Problem of Individual Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/the-problem-of-individual-life)

Referenced indirectly through the quote from Guizot about the history of civilization and the inevitable question of whether all is exhausted.

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