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The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners.

The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners.
– Alexis de Tocqueville

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  10. All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. – Alexis de Tocqueville
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