The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man par excellence; below him appear the Negro and the Indian. These two unfortunate races have neither birth, nor face, nor language, nor mores in common; only their misfortunes look alike. Both occupy an equally inferior position in the country that they inhabit; both experience the effects of tyranny; and if their miseries are different, they can accuse the same author for them.

Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I."

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.

By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society.

As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.

Nothing is more annoying in the ordinary intercourse of life than this irritable patriotism of the Americans. A foreigner will gladly agree to praise much in their country, but he would like to be allowed to criticize something, and that he is absolutely refused.

No men are less addicted to reverie than the citizens of a democracy.