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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...e always to keep ourselves, by suit- able establishments, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordi... ...t to inquire whether the States of the existing Union are capable of sepa- rating, but whether they will choose to remain united. Amongst the various ... ...whilst he seeks to raise himself into a higher circle, he is always on the defensive against the intrusion of those below him. Such is the condition o...

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