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Alexis de Tocqueville on Politics

1805–1859 France

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There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and strong passions from the pursuit of power; and it frequently happens that a man does not undertake to direct the fortunes of the state until he has shown himself incompetent to conduct his own.

Democracy in America, Volume I (1835)

Alternative translation: In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

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