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.

Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

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.