We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for abso…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country. ✨ 'L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution' ('The Old Regime and the Revolution'). Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, translated by Gerald Bevan. Author's Foreword, 2008.
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