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Quote from Alexis de Tocqueville,


"In America, more than anywhere else in the world,
care has been taken constantly to trace clearly
distinct spheres of action for the two sexes,
and both are required to keep in step,
but along paths that are never the same."


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, Equality, Family, Sexuality, Tradition

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