The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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The tie of language is perhaps the strongest and the most durable that can unite mankind. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2003). Democracy in America, p.22, Regnery Publishing
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