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On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Fear, Government, Long
Alexis De Tocqueville (2004). “Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II”, p.95, Bantam Classics
On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.