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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Fake People, Reality, History
"The Old Regime and the Revolution". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, p. 88, 1856.

The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During the reigns of Henry VIII (1509-1547) and Elizabeth I (1158-1603), the civil jury did in reality save the liberties of England.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Reality, Men, Law

When the reality of power has been surrendered, it's playing a dangerous game to seek to retain the appearance of it; the external aspect of vigor can sometimes support a debilitated body, but most often it manages to deal it the final blow.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Blow, Power, Reality

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