Tocque‧ville, A‧lex‧is de /ˈtɒkvɪl $ ˈtəʊk-, əˈleksəs də/
(1805–59) a French writer and politician who travelled in the US and then wrote a book called Democracy in America which examined the strengths and weaknesses of the American system of government

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