I have never been more struck by the good sense and the practical judgment of the Americans than in the manner in which they elude the numberless difficulties resulting from their Federal Constitution.

Je n'ai jamais plus admiré le bon sens et l'intelligence pratique des Américains que dans la manière dont ils échappent aux difficultés sans nombre qui naissent de leur constitution fédérale.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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US Constitution American character

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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Democracy in America

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

France Europe

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Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 8, pt. 5.

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Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 8, pt. 5.

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