Tocqueville Award: history and overview
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“catalyst of America’s finest hour in foreign policy, the Marshall Plan.” (posthumous)

     (To view Tocqueville research on Marshall Plan catalyst Will Clayton, click here. For information on Our Finest Hour, the authorized biography of Clayton, click here.)

1988: Lech Walesa

“in full belief that the Polish people will be free, and in solidarity with them.”
(in absentia)

“because, in the words of Deng himself, markets and democracy must work hand in hand.”

1990: Jack Kemp

“The Muse of positive-sum leadership...
America’s strongest voice for policies that bring prosperity to all people, everywhere.”

“a leader in supporting freedom around the world, and a cogent voice for monetary, tax, and political reform in the 1990s.”

1992: Nelson Mandela

“where bitterness and recrimination would be understandable, Mandela is working for peaceful change.” (in absentia)

“… principal negotiator of the first important nuclear weapons treaty of the post-Soviet era.”

1994: Wayne Angell

“co-author of an historic return to inflation and interest rate normalcy.”

To view President Reagan’s letter to Governor Angell in full, click here.

“a forceful advocate for democracy (and economic growth policies which are critical to it) in the new Russia.” (December, 1995)

1996: Richard Holbrooke

“peace treaties are not brought about by negotiation alone,
but by firm policy and resolute action.” (April, 1996)

“the Billy Mitchell of his era, an indefatigable and persuasive advocate of strategic defense for the United States and its allies.” (November, 1997)

     (For information on Danny Graham, including moving comments from The Schlafly Report, click here.)

1998: David Brennan, Dr. Michael Joyce

“for bringing the cities of Milwaukee and Cleveland
meaningful school choice.” (March, 1998)

“for encouraging peaceful democratic reform in China, informing the public in the United States, and understanding the leverage the world’s greatest democracy enjoys with its newest and emerging ones.” (May 1999, presented by Chinese human rights advocate Harry Wu)

2000: Gordon Macklin and the
men and women of the NASDAQ

“… men and women who revolutionized the efficiency, speed, and accessibility of U.S. investments at the NASDAQ market - and thus democratized the capital markets of the United States and the world.” (11 April 2001, presented by Hon. Arthur Levitt and Robert Bartley)

“… tireless advocates of school choice vouchers for the District of Columbia and the country.”

     (To view Congressman Armey's cogent analysis of why school choice is the reform issue of American eduction, adapted from his remarks at Odyssey Charter School in Los Angeles, click here.

2002: Robert Schaffer

“… a politician who pledged to limit his term...
and kept his promise.”

Special awards to:

• the “Swiss citizen” - the most active, best-informed, and most intelligently patriotic citizens in the world.
  




• Sam Hampton and the teachers and students
  of Computer Learning Center in southeast DC.

“in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, America’s telecommunications infrastructure suffered physical decay, regulatory confusion, political neglect, and economic erosion.... Kevin Martin was a leading voice against these trends at the FCC.” Read release here.

2004: Lou Dobbs

“for courage as a journalist, populism in the true sense of the word, and insight as an economist — viewing human beings, as Lincoln did, as the prime mover in the wealth of nations.” Read release here. For an excerpt from remarks by AdTI's Gregory Fossedal click here or here.