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Numbers Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is to multiply their…
- When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term,…
- If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable…
- The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.
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