Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Communication
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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.
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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.
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They certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.
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It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.