History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1405 short lesson, about 20 seconds
No Independence of Mind
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The idea
Tocqueville concluded that he knew no country in which there was so little true independence of mind and freedom of discussion as in America.
In practice
A judgment delivered about the most democratic society then existing.
Where people slip
Set it beside entry 1363. Both describe the same problem, that a majority which is free can bind everyone else.
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