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The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.

The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.

Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern

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John F. Kennedy
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Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1917 to 1963; Wikidata Q9696, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9696 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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