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* Tocqueville observed "that the most dangerous time for a bad government is usually when it begins to reform." | * Tocqueville observed "that the most dangerous time for a bad government is usually when it begins to reform." | ||
** from "The Old Regime and the Revolution" (1856) | ** from "The Old Regime and the Revolution" (1856) | ||
** see below for the "Tocqueville effect" | |||
=== Thucydides Trap === | === Thucydides Trap === | ||
=== Tocqueville effect === | === Tocqueville effect === | ||