False Alexis de Tocqueville Quote 

"America is great because America is good.
If America ever ceases to be good
it will cease to be great."

by:
Alexis de Tocqueville
[Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel, le Comte de Tocqueville] (1805-1859) French historian
Date:
Supposedly upon visiting America in the early 19th Century
Source:
No source for this quote has ever been found. See:
http://www.tocqueville.org/pitney.htm
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Any true American would believe this. If not, they should move to the country they think is better and more to their thinking.
 -- Anna, Germantown, MD		 
One large problem. The quotation is phony (spurious, bogus, fake). It appears nowhere in deT's writings. The honest thing would be to note that it's fake. John George, coauthor THEY NEVER SAID IT, Oxford U Press, 1989
 -- joe labarbera, Carlsbad CA		 
Joe, the quote is already labelled as false. Thanks for your feedback.
 -- Editor, Liberty Quotes		 
 -- Anonymous 
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