I have always noticed in politics how often men are ruined by having too good a memory.

When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term, and public opinion, struck always from the same side, ends by yielding under their blows.

The more alike men are, the weaker each feels in the face of all.

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

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.

There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.

We need a new political science for a new world.