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.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic.

At the head of any new undertaking where in France you would find the government, or in England some great lord, in the United States you are sure to find an association.

Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people's reach.

Whatever may be the general endeavor of a community to render its members equal and alike, the personal pride of individuals will always seek to rise above the line, and to form somewhere an inequality to their own advantage.

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.