No stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held in honor. The American will describe as noble and estimable ambition that our medieval ancestors would have called base cupidity.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

A newspaper is an adviser who does not require to be sought, but who comes of his own accord, and talks to you briefly every day of the common wealth, without distracting you from your private affairs.

Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.

The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.

everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.