No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

We have legalized confiscation, consecrated sacrilege, and condoned high treason.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.