| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 64 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) |
| QUOTATION: | The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, Democracy in America, ed. J. P. Mayer, trans. George Lawrence, vol. 1, part 1, chapter 2, p. 49 (1969). Originally published in 1835–1840. |
| SUBJECTS: | America |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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