I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men's hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the theory of permanent equality of property

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

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

I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men's hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the theory of permanent equality of property

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.

Military discipline is merely a perfection of social servitude.