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Absolute Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient,…
- Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of…
- If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable…
- above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their…
- What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will be tranquil and…
- We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.
- On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.
- A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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- The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. — Aneurin Bevan
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