Every nation that has ended in tyranny has come to that end by way of good order. It certainly does not follow from this that peoples should scorn public peace, but neither should they be satisfied with that and nothing more. A nation that asks nothing of government but the maintenance of order is already a slave in the depths of its heart; it is a slave of its well-being, ready for the man who will put it in chains.

How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened, and what can be done with a people master of itself if it not subject to God?

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

It is far more important to resist apathy than anarchy or despotism, for apathy can give rise, almost indifferently, to either one.

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

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.

Democracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.