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The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.
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Unable to perceive a single chance of regaining their equality, they give up to despair, and allow themselves to fall below the dignity of human nature.
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the liberty of association is become a necessary guarantee against the tyranny of the majority
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On the other hand, in a State where the citizens are nearly on an equality, it becomes difficult for them to preserve their independence against the aggressions of power.
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In the ages of equality all men are independent of each other, isolated and weak.