Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; t…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (1995). Recollections: the French Revolution of 1848, p.98, Transaction Publishers
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