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Quotation from The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
“Never had the feudal system seemed so hateful to the French as at the moment of its proximate destruction.”
The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 16, trans. John Bonner
Tocqueville applies his principle about reform to the last years of the old regime.
Citation: "Never had the feudal system seemed so hateful to the French as at the moment of its proximate destruction." — Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the Revolution, Book II, ch. 16, trans. John Bonner. (id tocqueville-old-regime-q8)
Portrait: Alexis de Tocqueville, Théodore Chassériau, Public domain.
