Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter XV
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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
— Alexis de Tocqueville on Freedom of speech
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About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
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