Philanthropy and Alexis de Tocqueville

"When an American asks for the cooperation of his fellow citizens, it is seldom refused; and I have often seen it afforded spontaneously and with great good will.”

- from Democracy in America by Alexis Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville, who visited America in 1831 as a young man and was amazed at the volunteer spirit shown by the citizens of the young nation.