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.


Book Two, Chapter VI. - Democracy in America, Volume II (1840)

Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes

I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there...

I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there...

I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there...

I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there...