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The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.
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Unable to perceive a single chance of regaining their equality, they give up to despair, and allow themselves to fall below the dignity of human nature.
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the liberty of association is become a necessary guarantee against the tyranny of the majority
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There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored.
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On the other hand, in a State where the citizens are nearly on an equality, it becomes difficult for them to preserve their independence against the aggressions of power.
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In the ages of equality all men are independent of each other, isolated and weak.
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It tends to isolate them from each other, to concentrate every man's attention upon himself; and it lays open the soul to an inordinate love of material gratification.
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The soul has wants which must be satisfied; and whatever pains be taken to divert it from itself, it soon grows weary, restless, and disquieted amidst the enjoyments of sense.
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At first sight there is something surprising in this strange unrest of so many happy men, restless in the midst of abundance.