In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great meeting houses …

In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils it creates:

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of f…

When an opinion has taken root in a democracy and established itself in the minds of the majority, it afterward persists by itself, needing no effort to mainta…

The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would …