However, on page 260 in his book, “Democracy in America,” Alexis de Tocqueville said…

“There are no great men without virtue, and there are no great nations — it may almost be added there would be no society — without the notion of rights; for what is the condition of a mass of rational and intelligent beings who are only united together by a display of force?”

On page 116 of “Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859” by Nassau William Senior, Alexis “de” Tocqueville, I did find…

“We disapprove in many respects of the manner in which Louis Napoleon employs his power, as we disapprove in all respects of the means by which he seized it; but on the whole we place him high on the sovereigns of France.”

For the full context of the quote go to page 116 at:

http://books.google.com/books?id=9F4BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA116&dq=virtue+Napolean+inauthor:Alexis+inauthor:de+inauthor:Tocqueville&ei=PFHQRrT6PI_g6wKrvdTaAw#PPA116,M1