This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.

The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls the wretchedness and nothingness of man.

Among a democratic people, where there is no hereditary wealth, every man works to earn a living, or is born of parents who have worked. The notion of labor is therefore presented to the mind, on every side, as the necessary, natural, and honest condition.

This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.

America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement. No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man; and in his eyes what is not yet done is only what he has not attempted to do. - from Democracy in America

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.