To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.


Recollections (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1896) - ISBN: 9781465507860

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time...

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time...

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time...

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time...