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== Distribution of Power ==
== Distribution of Power ==
== Revolution paradox ==
=== Revolution paradox ===
* 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)