Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it f…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details, which must be attended to if rules have to be adapted to different men, instead of indiscriminately subjecting all men to the same rule. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (1863). Democracy in America, p.363
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