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Alexis de Tocqueville on Memorial Day

1805–1859 France

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There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult—to begin a war and to end it.

Democracy in America, Volume II (1840)

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

Democracy in America, Volume II (1840)

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

Democracy in America, Volume II (1840)

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