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Democratic nations most love peace while democratic armies most desire war, both because of equality
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- Alexis de Tocqueville French political philosopher and historian (1805 to 1859)
We thus arrive at this singular consequence, that of all armies those most ardently desirous of war are democratic armies, and of all nations those most fond of peace are democratic nations: and, what makes these facts still more extraordinary, is that these contrary effects are produced at the same time by the principle of equality.
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↗Democracy in America, Volume 2 (1840; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org
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