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Quote from Alexis de Tocqueville,


"If there ever are great revolutions there,
they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.
That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions
but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto."


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

Categories:

America, Black, Equality, Inequality, Power, Revolution, Slavery

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