Hillary Clinton recycled a misquotation of Alexis de Tocqueville Thursday night, minus the misattribution. “[I]n the end, it comes down to what Donald Trump doesn’t get: that America is great—because America is good,” she said.

As the line came around again a couple of decades ago, John Pitney pointed out in THE WEEKLY STANDARD that candidates and presidents from Eisenhower to Buchanan to the previous Clinton have all misquoted American history’s favorite tourist.