As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one s…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in? ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville, Roger Boesche, James Toupin (1986). Selected Letters on Politics and Society, p.39, Univ of California Press
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