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Equality fosters exactly the vices despotism needs, so the two reinforce each other
Drawn from what Alexis de Tocqueville said
What Alexis de Tocqueville actually said
- Alexis de Tocqueville French political philosopher and historian (1805 to 1859)
Thus the vices which despotism engenders are precisely those which equality fosters. These two things mutually and perniciously complete and assist each other.
Where this was said
↗Democracy in America, Volume 2 (1840; Henry Reeve translation)gutenberg.org
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