Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

No men are less addicted to reverie than the citizens of a democracy.

I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its nakedness, but the others are able to cover it with a veil so delicate, so daintily woven with small plausible lies, that there is some pleasure to be found in contemplating this ingenious work of the human intelligence.

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

If men are to remain civilized or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is increased.