de Tocqueville's timeless wisdom

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”

$30 trillion in debt later, can this republic, crippled as it is, possibly endure?

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MistyCee

Even the Daily Caller won't verify this Don Jr. made up quote.

https://checkyourfact.com/2019/10/08/fact-check-alexis-tocqueville-american-republic-congress-bribe-public-money/

irishmolly72 · 56-60, F

@MistyCee Then please help correct the many sources that claim it as true.
For instance:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/465.Alexis_de_Tocqueville?page=2

checkyourfact.com is not a final word just because they can't find it.

MistyCee

@irishmolly72 lol. That's hysterical.

Maybe deToqueville did say it, but Goodreads is not an authority on much of anything.

It's a cool site, but it's anonymous social media for bookworms, kind of like a specialized SW.

I was a member, until the innacuracy of the ISBN numbers got to me.

Slade · 56-60, M

@MistyCee It's his most famous quote ding-a-ling.

FAIL

MistyCee

@Slade "I can see Russia from my backyard" is Sarah Palin's most famous quote as well.

What's your point?

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MistyCee

@Slade Wait... She didn't say that?

Are ... You saying Saturday Night Live is "fake?"

Well, um, look, I'm a little in awe of your knowledge and all, but thank you so so very much for enlightening me!!!