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.

Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.

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.

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

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 encourages a taste for physical gratification; this taste, if it becomes excessive, soon disposes men to believe that all is matter only; and materialism, in its turn, hurries them on with mad impatience to these same delights; such is the fatal circle within which democratic nations are driven round. It were well that they should see the danger and hold back.

When an American asks for the cooperation of his fellow citizens, it is seldom refused; and I have often seen it afforded spontaneously and with great good will.