ᐅ The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a fellow creature, he rises in some measure above the person who give the command. – Alexis de Tocqueville | QuotesTrue.com

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The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a fellow creature, he rises in some measure above the person who give the command.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville (1839). “Democracy in America”, p.241

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