"Tocqueville was spot on."; "IDK THAT'S KINDA HARSH"; "THE SUPREME POWER THEN EXTENDS
ITS ARM OVER THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
IT COVERS THE SURFACE OF
SOCIETY WITH A NETWORK OF SMALL
COMPLICATED RULES, MINUTE AND UNIFORM,
THROUGH WHICH THE MOST
ORIGINAL MINDS AND THE MOST ENERGETIC
CHARACTERS CANNOT PENETRATE, TO RISE
ABOVE THE CROWD.THE WILL OF MAN IS
NOT SHATTERED, BUT SOFTENED, BENT,
AND GUIDED; MEN ARE SELDOM
FORCED BY IT TO ACT, BUT THEY ARE
CONSTANTLY RESTRAINED
FROM ACTING.
