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Way Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You…
- Because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die.…
- Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always be considerable,…
- What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands.…
- In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does…
- Every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that…
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