What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.

We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.

All revolutions more or less threaten the tenure of property: but most of those who live in democratic countries are possessed of property - not only are they possessed of property but they live in the condition of men who set the greatest store upon their property.

Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice.

There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a great many more truths than he demonstrates.

So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind for me.

Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust.