Life is to entered upon with courage.

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.

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

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society...

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do...

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.

In a revolution, as in a novel. the most difficult part to invent is the end.

In politics… shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.