When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the s…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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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, and public opinion, struck always from the same side, ends by yielding under their blows. ✨ Alexis de Tocqueville (2012). Democracy in America, p.178, University of Chicago Press
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