For most of a century, ever since his revival in the 1940s, the ritualistic flourishing of a quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has been a hallmark of the more intellectually aspiring American political journalism.
For most of a century, ever since his revival in the 1940s, the ritualistic flourishing of a quotation from Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has been a hallmark of the more intellectually aspiring American political journalism.
