Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

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

I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common; but without newspapers there would be hardly any common action at all. So they mend many more ills than they cause.

Despotism can do without faith but freedom cannot.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.