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Commonplace Book:

Alexis de Tocqueville

Brief Bio: French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher and historian

Lived: 1805-1859

For further info: en.wikipedia.org

Quotes:

“The exercise of the intellect”

From the time when the exercise of the intellect became a source of strength and of wealth, we see that every addition to science, every fresh truth and every new idea became a germ of power placed within the reach of the people.

1835 from the book Democracy in America

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