Alexis De Tocqueville Quotes

Amongst Democratic Nations Men Easily Attain A Certain Equality Of Conditions: They Can Never Attain The Equality They Desire. It Perpetually Retires From Before Them, Yet Without Hiding Itself From Their Sight, And In Retiring Draws Them On. At Every Moment They Think They Are About To Grasp It; It Escapes At Every Moment From Their Hold. They Are Near Enough To See Its Charms, But Too Far Off To Enjoy Them; And Before They Have Fully Tasted Its Delights They Die.

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