There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

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.

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food