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Alexis de Tocqueville - Laws are always unstable...

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people. (Alexis de Tocqueville)

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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