4 Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Communication

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes on communication

28. An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say 'Gentlemen' to the person with whom he is conversing.

42. I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there would be hardly any common action at all. So they mend many more ills than they cause.

101. They certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.

111. It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.