The more alike men are, the weaker each feels in the face of all.

Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions

The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show with complacency how an enlightened regard for themselves constantly prompts them to assist each other, and inclines them willingly to sacrifice a portion of their time and property to the welfare of the state.

The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.

I have always noticed in politics how often men are ruined by having too good a memory.