But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.

Democracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.

The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.

America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.

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