Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume II, Book One, Chapter II (1840).
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In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
— Alexis on Opinion
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About Alexis
Alexis (c. 375 BC – c. 275 BC) was a Greek comic poet.