"When, after having examined in detail the organization……" — Alexis de Tocqueville
"When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have been given it, one discovers without difficulty that a more immense judicial power has never been constituted in any people."
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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257 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
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When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state.
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Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.
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The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
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