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Radicals
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There is a broad spectrum of radicals. They are plentiful. Most humans are radicals
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― Weird Genius: The Story of Your Ankh
― Weird Genius: The Story of Your Ankh
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Tocqueville admired this small group of so-called Radicals, which had no counterpart in France. Unlike the French, these English Radicals respected the principles of democratic rule, they were not trying to impose utopian systems on an unwilling society; they respected the right to property as the basis for civilized society, they saw the political necessity of religion, and they were well educated. Tocqueville felt at ease with them, perhaps because, like them, they combined elitist manners wit
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― The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville
― The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville











































