Socialism is a new form of slavery.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand.

Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.

The taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times.

What is not yet done is only what we have not yet attempted to do.

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.