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Alexis de Tocqueville

In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

Business

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What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

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Alexis de Tocqueville

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History