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- Jul 2017
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crmintler.com crmintler.com
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10 1"1Tll001,;CTION l perceive that we have destroyed the individual entities that were able to struggle separately against tyranny; but 1 see that it is government alone that inherits all the prerogatives extracted from fami1ies, from corporations, or from men: the fore.~ of a small number of citizens, sometimes oppressive, but often protective, has therefore been succeeded by the weakness of all.
Tocqueville describes here the epitome of a tyrant: the weak exist to justify the powerful.
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- Jun 2017
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dmiller54.github.io dmiller54.github.io
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A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler
A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler- Jefferson became poetic after reading~https://books.google.com/books?id=yQpDAQAAMAAJ&q=A+prince+whose+character+is+thus+marked+by+every+act+which+may+define+a+tyrant+is+unfit+to+be+the+ruler&dq=A+prince+whose+character+is+thus+marked+by+every+act+which+may+define+a+tyrant+is+unfit+to+be+the+ruler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj52MO9z8PUAhXFwj4KHeXiAxEQ6AEIKDAA
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