Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Do not talk to him about the interests and rights of the human race; that little private business of his for the moment absorbs all his thoughts, and he hopes that public disturbances can be put off to some other time.

It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life.

He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.

Better use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else in the world.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.