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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“they used its ruins as materials for the construction of their new society.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Preface, trans. John Bonner
Tocqueville's thesis: the revolutionaries kept the sentiments and habits of the old regime and built with them.
Citation: "they used its ruins as materials for the construction of their new society." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Preface, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q1)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
