"The American has no past; he has only the present and the future. He lives in a perpetual state of creation; he is forever building, forever destroying, forever renewing."

"The most dangerous moment for a bad government is generally when it begins to reform itself."

"I have seen in America the most perfect equality of conditions that can be imagined; and I have also seen the most profound inequalities."

"I do not know if the people of the United States are better than the people of other countries; but I know that they are more virtuous."

"The Americans are a people who are always in a hurry. They are always running after some new thing."