According to Tocqueville, why is omnipotence bad for individuals and governments?

Why is omnipotence bad for individuals and governments? Omnipotence should be reserved for God, whose justice and the wisdom are compatible with power. What recourse does a minority have according to Tocqueville when it suffers from an injustice at the hand of the majority? None.

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.

the language of nature was a manifestation from god as he said "let there be light" and there was light the world began to assume visible, comprehensible form.

what ever we know now think of the old vision of creation we can be sure that with out the speaking of word -without language- we would have no science today with its striking power to illuminate the world.