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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)? [K Metzmeier]
Author's Subject: Re: Another spurious quotation (Tocqueville)? [K Metzmeier]
Date Written: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:57:10 -0400
Date Posted: Fri, 17 Oct 2013 09:57:10 -0400

See http://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
    rbook@pobox.com

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