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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. — Alexis de Tocqueville

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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the original French

On ne peut établir le règne de la liberté sans celui des mœurs, ni fonder les mœurs sans les croyances

Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America · 1835
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Provenance
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, introduction.
Original citation
Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, introduction.

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