"The American people are a people of contradictions. They are at once very religious and very materialistic."

"I have always believed that the most dangerous thing for a society is to have too much liberty."

"The French want equality in liberty, and if they can't have that, they'll take equality in slavery."

"The Americans are a people of shopkeepers, and they have the virtues and vices of shopkeepers."

"The man who is most likely to succeed in life is the man who is always willing to take a chance."