Rival beliefs about society and civility are typically embodied in various ways of life and in different political systems. ... His equation underscored his belief that "man alone" could not have "come into the world subject to no regulation, without a purpose, without a law, without a model for his life." ... Tocqueville's well-known study of Democracy in America primarily focuses on American society, not its governmental or political system. ... By utilizing a jury system among peers and engaging in a discourse with the exchange of ideas, democracy still had its flaws. ... I...

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