5 Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes on Speech

Alexis de Tocqueville quotes on speech

25. America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.

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.

47. I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

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: