No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them; and though different men may sometimes find it their interest to combine for the same purposes, they will never make it their pleasure.

A great democratic revolution is taking place in our midst.

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

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.

In the principle of equality I very clearly discern two tendencies; one leading the mind of every man to untried thoughts, the other prohibiting him from thinking at all.

The legislator is like the navigator of a ship on the high seas. He can steer the vessel on which he sails, but he cannot alter its construction, raise the wind, or stop the waves from swelling beneath his feet.

A state of equality is perhaps less elevated, but it is more just; and its justice constitutes its greatness and beauty.