I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men'…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men's hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the theory of permanent equality of property ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). Democracy in America
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