It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave me…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part, I should be inclined to think freedom less necessary in the great things than in the little ones, if it were possible to be secure of the one without the other. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2001). Democracy in America, p.314, Penguin
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