Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in d… - Alexis de Tocqueville

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Now, these eager and apprehensive men of small property constitute the class which is constantly increased by the equality of conditions. Hence, in democratic communities, the majority of the people do not clearly see what they have to gain by a revolution, but they continually and in a thousand ways feel that they might lose by one.