Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen, and make themselves heard by them.


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


The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their...

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their...

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their...

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their...