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Tocqueville’s America
The Great Quotations
By Alexis de Tocqueville
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Edited by Frederick Kershner Jr.
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Introduction by Frederick Kershner Jr.
"...boldness of enterprise is the foremost cause of (America's) progress, its strength, and its greatness." With that succinct statement a young French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, expressed his perceptive analysis of the United States, following a nine-month tour of the young republic beginning in May of 1831.
Tocqueville’s America
The Great Quotations
By Alexis de Tocqueville
·
Edited by Frederick Kershner Jr.
·
Introduction by Frederick Kershner Jr.
"...boldness of enterprise is the foremost cause of (America's) progress, its strength, and its greatness." With that succinct statement a young French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, expressed his perceptive analysis of the United States, following a nine-month tour of the young republic beginning in May of 1831.
