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I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the… — Alexis de Tocqueville

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I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property.

In the original French

Je ne connais même pas de pays où l'amour de l'argent tienne une plus large place dans le cœur de l'homme, et où l'on professe un mépris plus profond pour la théorie de l'égalité permanente des biens.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America · 1835
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Current citation
Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 3.
Original citation
Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 3.

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