To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2012). Democracy in America, p.175, University of Chicago Press
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To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2012). Democracy in America, p.175, University of Chicago Press

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