Armies are necessary, before all things, for the defense of governments from their own oppressed and enslaved subjects.Democracy in America, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 22
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Alexis de Tocqueville was a French political thinker, historian, and author, best known for his work "Democracy in America," published in 1835. He is renowned for his insightful observations on American society and politics, pioneering the field of political science and comparative government.
1805–1859·lived 53 years
Armies are necessary, before all things, for the defense of governments from their own oppressed and enslaved subjects.Democracy in America, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 22
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.Democracy in America, Vol. 1, p. 243, 1840
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