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You left out some of De Tocqueville's Findings

In Reply to: De Tocqueville's Findings posted by Robert M. Mitrocsak on January 09, 1998 at 02:09:33:

Robert, quoting De Tocqueville:
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great!"

EC:
This was written in an America that had:

Millions of people in slavery.

Millions of North American natives rounded up and forcibly driven to arid "indian territory".

Westward expansion and a war with Mexico that would deprive people of homes who had lived for generations on the same land.

Ah, yes, the good ol' days of American history! The 1840's!

Here is a quote for you, Robert:

the continued existence of slavery, "brands your republicanism a sham, your humanity as a base pretense, your Christianity as a lie."
-Frederick Douglass

Mike, The Everett Citizen

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