The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or to wretchedness.

— Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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