If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be cau… - Alexis de Tocqueville

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If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.

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Alternative Names: Tocqueville • Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville • Alexis Clérel de Tocqueville • Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville

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