Alexis de Tocqueville — "The American people are a people of contradictions. They are at once very religi…"
The American people are a people of contradictions. They are at once very religious and very materialistic.
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Attributed, often cited as a critical observation, direct source is difficult to pinpoint.
Date: c. 1835
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