The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature; indeed, they almost seem to think that he has a power of attorney to represent each constituent, and they trust him to be as eager in their private interests as in those of the country.

Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot.

It is an axiom of political science in the United States that the sole means of neutralizing the effects of newspapers is to multiply their number.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.

If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil.

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.