What Good Is It To Me, After All, If There Is An Authority Always Busy To See To The Tranquil Enjoyment Of My Pleasures And Going Ahead To Brush All Dangers Away From My Path Without Giving Me Even The Trouble To Think About I

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What good is it to me, after all, if there is an authority always busy
to see to the tranquil enjoyment of my pleasures and going ahead to
brush all dangers away from my path without giving me even the trouble
to think about it, if that authority, which protects me from the
smallest thorns on my journey, is also the absolute master of my liberty
and of my life?
-- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), Democracy in America

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