“We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.”
Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville was a French historian and political theorist renowned for his seminal work 'Democracy in America'. He embarked on a journey to the United States in the 1830s to examine its democratic institutions, and his observations were compiled into a two-volume book that remains a cornerstone in the study of American democracy and political science. more
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