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

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

In countries where associations are free, secret societies are unknown. In America there are factions, but no conspiracies.

A man's admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

Can it be believed that the democracy, which has overthrown the feudal system and vanquished kings, will retreat before tradesmen and capitalists?