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I have never been more struck by the good sense and the practical judgment of the… — Alexis de Tocqueville

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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.

In the original French

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 · 1835
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US ConstitutionAmerican character
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Political literature
Time
1835
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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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.
Original citation
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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