The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.

In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting him from thinking at all.

The world belongs to those with the most energy.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.

Despotism can do without faith but freedom cannot.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.