Bicentenário

Comemoram-se hoje os 200 anos do nascimento de Alexis Tocqueville. Agora que o socialista e anti-americano Mário Soares se prepara para se candidatar (com os votos de uma ampla plataforma de esquerda) presidente de todos nós é bom lembrar aquele amigo francês.

Para o Soares socialista:

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Para o Soares que considera estarem os EUA entregue ao fanatismo religioso:

In the end, the state of the Union comes down to the character of the people. ... I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, and it was not there. I sought for it in the fertile fields, and boundless prairies, and it was not there. I sought it in her rich mines, and vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.