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Alexis de Tocqueville: "Setibanya saya di Amerika Serikat, aspek keaga...

"Setibanya saya di Amerika Serikat, aspek keagamaan di negara itu adalah hal pertama yang menarik perhatian saya; dan semakin lama saya tinggal di sana, semakin saya merasakan konsekuensi politik besar yang dihasilkan dari keadaan baru ini. Di Prancis, saya hampir selalu melihat semangat agama dan semangat kebebasan berbaris berlawanan arah. Tetapi di Amerika saya menemukan mereka bersatu erat dan bahwa mereka memerintah bersama di negara yang sama."

--- Alexis de Tocqueville

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more I perceived the great political consequences resulting from this new state of things. In France, I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions. But in America I found they were intimately united and that they reigned in common over the same country.