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__America's Reluctance to Change__

"Not only do men in democracies feel no natural inclination for revolutions but they are afraid of them."(De Tocqueville, 636)

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (Fitzgerald, 180)

"I only say that the social state of those nations does not lead toward revolution, but rather wards it off. Democratic nations, left to themselves, are slow to embark on great adventures." (De Tocqueville, 639)

"Such a people does not easily give up its ancient beliefs."(De Tocqueville, 642)

"People suppose that the new societies are going to change shape daily, but my fear is that they will end up by being, too unalterably fixed with the same institutions, prejudices, and mores, so that mankind will stop progressing and will dig itself in." (De Tocqueville, 645)

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09314/1012143-53.stm http://colorlines.com/archives/2009/08/well_never_be_postracial_as_lo.html Camilla's Reflections Camilla's Views on Religion in America Camilla's Views on the American Dream Camilla's Views on the American Other