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“…the poor were reminded that the rich were thieving and corrupt and had attained their privileges through plunder and deception rather than virtue or talent. Moreover, they had rigged society in such a way that the poor could never improve their lot individually, however capable and willing they might be. Their only hope lay in mass social protest
... See moreSurtout, elle peut verser dans le despotisme si la majorité écrase la minorité et si l’égalité étouffe la liberté. Tocqueville trouve ainsi l’origine de l’instabilité politique de la France dans la destruction de la société aristocratique qui n’est pas parvenue à engendrer une société démocratique.
Nicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
Je suis un de ces démocrates qui croient que le but de la démocratie est de faire accéder chaque homme à la noblesse.
Romain Gary • Chien blanc (French Edition)
This plebeian aristocracy soon had the qualities which ordinarily accompany wealth acquired by labor — that is to say, the feeling of personal worth, the love of tranquil liberty, and that spirit of wisdom which, though desiring improvements, fears risking too much.
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
Au cœur de la démocratie, on trouve la tension fondamentale entre l’égalité et la liberté. La liberté est le fruit de l’égalité. Mais l’égalité peut se retourner contre la liberté.
Nicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
Louverture’s new state would be based on personal industry, social morality, public education, religious toleration, free trade, civic pride, and racial equality. He emphasized that attaining these goals would be each person’s responsibility: “Learn, citizens, to appreciate the glory of your new political status. In acquiring the rights that the
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