[Democracy In America Volume 1 (of 2) by Alexis de Toqueville]@TWC D-Link bookDemocracy In America Volume 1 (of 2) CHAPTER V: Necessity Of Examining The Condition Of The States--Part III 12/26
The Americans seem to me to have outstepped the limits of sound policy in isolating the administration of the Government; for order, even in second-rate affairs, is a matter of national importance.
*r As the State has no administrative functionaries of its own, stationed on different points of its territory, to whom it can give a common impulse, the consequence is that it rarely attempts to issue any general police regulations.
The want of these regulations is severely felt, and is frequently observed by Europeans.
The appearance of disorder which prevails on the surface leads him at first to imagine that society is in a state of anarchy; nor does he perceive his mistake till he has gone deeper into the subject.
Certain undertakings are of importance to the whole State; but they cannot be put in execution, because there is no national administration to direct them.
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