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American Always
Values That Define An American
by Professor Alex Inkeles

1. National pride in America's virtue and uniqueness.
This pride, almost our national religion, has "persisted remarkably intact over the 150 years" since French political thinker
Alex de Tocqueville published Democracy in America (1835 and 1840).

2. Self-reliance.
Benjamin Franklin extolled this kind of homely virtue (including autonomy, independence, persistence and initiative) in
pre-Revolutionary days, and de Tocqueville cited individualism and self-reliance as distinctive American traits in 1830.

3. Voluntarism.
Americans are joiners. They feel obligated to take part in community action.

4. Trust.
Many others reported on the openness and friendliness of Americans, their casualness and friendliness of Americans,
their casualness and spontaneity in chance encounters.

5. "Can-Do" Attitude.
A sense of being effective, of being able to improve the physical and social world prevails.|

6. Optimism.
Americans have confidence that striving toward a goal leads to success.

7. Innovativeness.
Openness to new experiences and ideas is a hallmark of the American character.

8. Adaptability.
The notion of welcoming and pursuing change is commonplace.

9. Anti-authoritarianism.
This is an almost innate birthright, carrying no psychic need to submit to higher political authority.

10. Equality.
A sense that one's intrinsic worth is the same as anyone else's is a basic American trait

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