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Quote from Alexis de Tocqueville,


"I know of no other country where love of money
has such a grip on men's hearts or
where stronger scorn is expressed for
the theory of permanent equality of property."


By:

Alexis de Tocqueville (more quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville or books by/about Alexis de Tocqueville)


[Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel, le Comte de Tocqueville] (1805-1859) French historian

Source:

Democracy in America, 1835

Courtesy of:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html

Categories:

America, Capitalism, Equality, Greed, Money, Morals, Property, Virtue

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