The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer gu…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2016). Democracy in America, p.42, Xist Publishing
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