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

It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants.

The evil which one suffers patiently as inevitable seems insupportable as soon as he conceives the idea of escaping from it.

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity.

With much care and skill power has been broken into fragments in the American township, so that the maximum possible number of people have some concern with public affairs.

A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.

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.