Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning p…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2013). The Old Regime and the Revolution: The controversial bestselling guide to the origins of the French Revolution, p.236, Harriman House Limited
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Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2013). The Old Regime and the Revolution: The controversial bestselling guide to the origins of the French Revolution, p.236, Harriman House Limited

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