The last thing abandoned by a party is its phraseology.

The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.

Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly independence of thought, that often distinguished Americans in earlier times and that is invariably the preeminent trait of great characters wherever it exists.

The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

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.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.