If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of the United States - that is to say, they will owe their origin not to the equality but to the inequality of conditions.

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man; and in his eyes what is not yet done is only what he has not attempted to do. - from Democracy in America

The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

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

To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.

When an American asks for the cooperation of his fellow citizens, it is seldom refused; and I have often seen it afforded spontaneously and with great good will.