You may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will not care by what road you brought them there; and they will never reproach you for having excited their emotions in spite of dramatic rules.


Democracy in America: Part the Second: The Social Influence of Democracy (ed. 1840)

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

You may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will not care by what road you...

You may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will not care by what road you...

You may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will not care by what road you...

You may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will not care by what road you...