The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.
Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.