Who claimed ‘The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away’?

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"The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress, and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away, " claimed Louise-Sebastien Mercier.
Mercier was an author of eighteenth-century France. By the middle of the eighteenth century, most people believed books were a way to disseminate enlightenment and development. The heroes in several of Mercier's books transform due to their reading. They devour literature, get lost in a new world they create, and learn things. Moreover, Mercier was convinced of the ability of print to spread knowledge and undermine the foundation of despotism.

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