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"When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind."

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About Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French political philosopher, historian, and writer.

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