Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. In democratic countries knowledge of how to combine is the mother of all other forms of knowledge; on its progress depends that of all the others.

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.

The taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times.

At the head of any new undertaking where in France you would find the government, or in England some great lord, in the United States you are sure to find an association.

General ideas are no proof of the strength, but rather of the insufficiency of the human intellect.

The world belongs to those with the most energy.

The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their Nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the States chose to withdraw its name from the contract, it would be difficult to disprove its right of doing so.