It is said by some that because the quote cannot be found "among the writings" of de Toqueville that it cannot be attributed to him. Ok. Granted that caveat, the absolute truth of the statement CAN and HAS BEEN verified time and again over our 234 year history, despite the massive "progressive" (communist) push to cover over and revise history. The term "progressive" in this context was coined by John Dewey in the 1930's as a synonym for Soviet style Communism, which he patterned your "education" system after. Read "Public Education Against America" by the late Marlin Maddoux.