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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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87 |
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AUTHOR:
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Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) |
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QUOTATION:
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The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of it and is absorbed back into it. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in America, ed. J. P. Mayer, trans. George Lawrence, vol. 1, part 1, chapter 4, concluding sentences, p. 60 (1969). Originally published in 1835–1840. |
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SUBJECTS:
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American people |
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