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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“whence it would follow that their yoke was the most intolerable where it was in fact lightest.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 1, trans. John Bonner
The paradox of feudal dues: the Revolution broke out where medieval institutions were least burdensome.
Citation: "whence it would follow that their yoke was the most intolerable where it was in fact lightest." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 1, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q4)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
