5 Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Media

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes on media

38. Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.

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.

52. In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.

57. 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:

89. The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.