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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democra

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

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If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership. – Will Rogers

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