The Austrian
Author:
Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna
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When Alexis de Tocqueville set forth his observations on American democracy, he began his story with a description of township government. “It is man,” he said “who makes monarchies and establishes republics, but the township seems to come directly from the hand of God.” The oft-revered, sometimes maligned Frenchman’s instincts were sound on this