The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
Alexis De Tocqueville

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The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Alexis De Tocqueville

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
Alexis De Tocqueville