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From: John Saillant <oieahc@YAHOO.COM>
List Editor: John Saillant <oieahc@YAHOO.COM>
Editor's Subject: Re: Another spurious quotation (Tocqueville)? [R Book]
Author's Subject: Re: Another spurious quotation (Tocqueville)? [R Book]
Date Written: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:38:53 -0400
Date Posted: Sat, 18 Oct 2013 08:38:53 -0400

Thanks! Robert Book

> >  Seehttp://www.tocqueville.org/pitney.htm  for a refutation.
> >
> >  Kurt X. Metzmeier
> >
> >    >  >As long as we are on the topic, President Clinton used
to frequently
> >  quote Alexis de Tocqueville as having observed that "America is
great
> >  because America is good."
> >    >  >I've heard allegations that this quote, too, is not
found anywhere
> >  in the writings of the one quoted.  Can anyone confirm this either
way?
> >  --Robert Book
>

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