Summary
Alexis de Tocqueville: Despotic Democracy
"The fear of disorder and the desire for prosperity insensibly lead democratic communities to increase the powers of the central government, the only power that appears to them strong, prudent and stable enough to protect them from anarchy. It is hardly necessary to add that the special circumstances which lead to upheaval and insecurity in a state with an undemocratic regime reinforce this general instinct and lead to individuals, more and more, sacrificing their rights for the sake of order and peace..."
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