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:''Christianity has therefore retained a strong hold on the public mind in America ...  In the United States ... Christianity itself is a fact so irresistibly established, that no one undertakes either to attack or to defend it.''

:''Christianity has therefore retained a strong hold on the public mind in America ...  In the United States ... Christianity itself is a fact so irresistibly established, that no one undertakes either to attack or to defend it.''

Tocqueville asserted that, at that time, America was a democracy—indeed, where the fundamental principle of government was “the sovereignty of the people.” He also asserted that most rich American men were thought to have been born poor; the American society was a very fluid one, marked by the rapid rise and fall of personal wealth.  

Tocqueville asserted that, at that time, America was a [[democracy]] — indeed, where the fundamental principle of government was “the sovereignty of the people.” He also asserted that most rich American men were thought to have been born poor; the American society was a very fluid one, marked by the rapid rise and fall of personal wealth.  

In another book, ''The Old Regime and the Revolution'' (1856), Tocqueville gave a great meditation on the origins and meanings of the [[French Revolution]].

In another book, ''The Old Regime and the Revolution'' (1856), Tocqueville gave a great meditation on the origins and meanings of the [[French Revolution]].