If men are to remain civilized or to become so, the art of associating…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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If men are to remain civilized or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is increased. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (1863). Democracy in America, p.134
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