Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville wani masanin falsafa ne na siyasa, masanin tarihi, kuma ɗan siyasa ɗan ƙasar Faransa wanda ya shahara da aikinsa na "Democracy in America," wanda yayi nazari akan yadda dimokuradiyyar Amurka ke aiki da kuma tasirinta ga al'umma. An haifi Tocqueville a shekara ta 1805 kuma ya mutu a shekara ta 1859. Tunaninsa game da muhimmancin dimokuradiyya da 'yancin kai na ci gaba da yin tasiri a yau.