The above is often misquoted as a slavery quote because of previous translations of the French text. The most recent translation by Arthur Goldhammer in 2004 translates the meaning to be as stated above. Examples of misquoted sources are numerous on the internet such as "Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom", but the text does not contain the words "Americans were so enamored by equality" anywhere.
The above is often misquoted as a slavery quote because of previous translations of the French text The most recent translation by Arthur Goldhammer in 2004 translates the meaning to be as stated above Examples of misquoted sources are numerous on the internet such as "Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom" but the text does not contain the words "Americans were so enamored by equality" anywhere.