No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic . . . the term "mores" . . . meaning . . . habits of the heart.

We need a new political science for a new world.

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life.

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.