Local assemblies of the people constitute the strength of free nations. Municipal institutions are to liberty what primary schools are to science: they bring it within the people's reach, and teach them how to use and enjoy it. A nation may establish a system of free government, but without the spirit of municipal institutions it cannot have the spirit of liberty.

The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages.

The position of the Americans is quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one.

Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.

It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is to multiply their number.

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

As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can't have it both ways. Socialism is a new form of slavery.