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Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America Quotes: Durability is one of the chief elements of strength. Nothing is either loved or feared but that which is likely to endure.
         

Durability is one of the chief elements of strength. Nothing is either loved or feared but that which is likely to endure.


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