"I am not afraid of the storm, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"I have often observed that in democratic countries the people are more afraid of their own liberty than of the tyranny of a master."

"I have often seen that men are more afraid of losing what they have than of not gaining what they desire."

"The American people are a people of shopkeepers, and they are always thinking of their own private interests."

"The most important of all political questions is the question of property."