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Private Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society.
- The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature;…
- There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people. When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more…
- The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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