Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.

In the absence of government each man learns to think, to act for himself, without counting on the support of an outside force which, however vigilant one supposes it to be, can never answer all social needs. Man, thus accustomed to seek his well-being only through his own efforts, raises himself in his own opinion as he does in the opinion of others; his soul becomes larger and stronger at the same time.

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

He [Napoleon] was as great as a man can be without morality.

There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.

This so-called tolerance, which, in my opinion, is nothing but a huge indifference.