person > Alexis de Tocqueville
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American presidents come and go, but few, if any, seem to have the will to change the status quo in the Middle East.
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Last Modified: 13 Nov 2012 14:31 GMT
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The Republican politician has yet to show initiatives that are his own, not those of his donors.
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Last Modified: 03 Apr 2012 06:47 GMT
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Rather than promote democracy in the Middle East, the West has a long history of doing the exact opposite.
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Last Modified: 30 Mar 2012 15:47 GMT
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Under the growing influence of the 1 per cent, American exceptionalism has become American deceptionalism.
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Last Modified: 07 Dec 2011 09:57 GMT
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In the US, political repression - such as the crackdown on Occupy protests - doesn't require top-down coordination.
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Last Modified: 29 Nov 2011 16:23 GMT
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Americans have historically stood up to coercion - and the OWS movement might be the latest incarnation of resistance.
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Last Modified: 14 Nov 2011 12:09 GMT
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French historian Alexis de Tocqueville's profile of American democracy remains almost as true now as in the 1800s.
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