Alexis de Tocqueville quote about war from Democracy in America - There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult—to begin a war, and to end it.
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“ There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult—to begin a war, and to end it. ”
 Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1840). copy citation

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Author Alexis de Tocqueville
Source Democracy in America
Topic war peace democracy
Date 1840
Language English
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Note Translated by Henry Reeve
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/816/816-h/816-h.htm

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Alexis de Tocqueville quote about war from Democracy in America - There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult—to begin a war, and to end it.
Alexis de Tocqueville quote about war from Democracy in America - There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult—to begin a war, and to end it.