I know without needing to hear the voice of the Creator that the stars trace out in space the orbits which His hand has drawn.

Of all the countries of the world America is the one where the movement of thought and human industry is the most continuous and swift.

A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst.

Democratic nations care but little for what has been, but they are haunted by visions of what will be.

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.

No men are less addicted to reverie than the citizens of a democracy.

The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show with complacency how an enlightened regard for themselves constantly prompts them to assist each other, and inclines them willingly to sacrifice a portion of their time and property to the welfare of the state.