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" Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested. "
Employment and Training Legislation--1968, Hearings Before the Subcommittee ... - Page 131
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1968 - 726 pages
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The Old Regime and the Revolution

Alexis de Tocqueville - History - 1856 - 364 pages
...relieve his subjects after a long period of oppression is lost, unless he be a man of great genius. Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable,...when once the idea of escape from them is suggested. The very redress of grievances throws new light on those which are left untouched, and adds fresh poignancy...
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Conflict in Nature and Life: A Study of Antagonism in the Constitution of ...

John Stahl Patterson - Life - 1883 - 526 pages
...French found their condition the more insupportable in proportion to its improvement." And in general, " Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable,...when once the idea of escape from them is suggested. The very redress of grievances throws new light on those which are left untouched, and adds fresh poignancy...
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Mutual Development and Cooperation Act of 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - Economic assistance, American - 1973 - 686 pages
...growing realization tha't their lives are without consequence recalls de Tocqueville's observation, "Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable when the idea of escape is suggested." Because the multitude is not yet able to participate in development,...
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Mutual Development and Cooperation Act of 1973, Hearings..., 93-1, May 15 ...

United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs - 1973 - 690 pages
...growing realization that their lives are without consequence recalls de Tocqueville's observation, "Evils which are patiently endured when they seem Inevitable become intolerable when the idea of escape is suggested." Because the multitude is not yet able to participate in development,...
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Studies in the Sociology of Sport: Refereed Proceedings of the 2nd Annual ...

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Conference - Social Science - 1982 - 436 pages
...which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor . . . Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable...when once the idea of escape from them is suggested (de Tocqueville, 1955:176-77). Davies, rhen, concludes that revolutions are more likely to occur when...
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Justice, Gender, and Affirmative Action

Susan D. Clayton, Faye J. Crosby - Business & Economics - 1992 - 172 pages
...current position compare to what one expects, imagines, or hopes for? Alexis de Tocqueville commented that "evils which are patiently endured when they...when once 'the idea of escape from them is suggested" ([1856]1955). Frederick Douglass, the freed American slave, expressed the same idea: Beat and cuff...
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The Machete and the Cross: Campesino Rebellion in Yucatan

Don E. Dumond - History - 1997 - 612 pages
...have been better contrived to turn local banditry into general rebellion. As de Tocqueville put it, "evils which are patiently endured when they seem...when once the idea of escape from them is suggested." 33 And when Jacinto Pat and his friends, many of them with experience gained under Iman and other Yucatecan...
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When Men Revolt and Why

James Chowning Davies - Political Science - 1997 - 396 pages
...which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor. . . . Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable...intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested.3 On the basis of Tocqueville and Marx, we can choose one of these ideas or the other, which...
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North Korea through the Looking Glass

Kongdan Oh, Ralph C. Hassig - Political Science - 2004 - 302 pages
...something else: the knowledge that better alternatives currently exist.34 Or to quote de Tocqueville, "Evils which are patiently endured when they seem...intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested."35 North Korea is different in an important respect from other dictatorial and communist...
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Revolution: Critical Concepts in Political Science, Volume 1

Rosemary H. T. O'Kane - Political Science - 2000 - 612 pages
...which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor. . . . Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable...intolerable when once the idea of escape from them is suggested.2 On the basis of de Tocqueville and Marx, we can choose one of these ideas or the other,...
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