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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“On the other hand, liberty alone can combat the vices which are natural to this class of societies, and arrest their downward progress.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Preface, trans. John Bonner
Tocqueville's claim that societies of equals under a centralized power need free institutions to counter isolation and love of gain.
Citation: "On the other hand, liberty alone can combat the vices which are natural to this class of societies, and arrest their downward progress." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Preface, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q2)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
