Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

"If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? Men are not apt to change their character by agglomeration; nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with the consciousness of their strength. And for these reasons I can never willingly invest any number of my fellow creatures with that unlimited authority which I should refuse to any one of them."

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
Categories:	Power, Danger, Democracy, Character, Patience, Authority
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