Despotism, suspicious by its very nature, views the separation of men as the best guarantee of its own permanence and usually does all it can to keep them in isolation. No defect of the human heart suits it better than egoism; a tyrant is relaxed enough to forgive his subjects for failing to love him, provided that they do not love one another…he gives the name of ‘good citizens’ to those who retreat into themselves. ― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Despotism, suspicious by its very nature, views the separation of men as the best guarantee of its own permanence and usually does all it can to keep them in isolation. No defect of the human heart suits it better than egoism; a tyrant is relaxed enough to forgive his subjects for failing to love him, provided that they do not love one another…he gives the name of ‘good citizens’ to those who retreat into themselves.
― Alexis de Tocqueville,

Democracy in America

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