"When the ranks of society are unequal, and men unlike one another in condition, there are some individuals wielding t…"

"Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the…"

"The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing."

"Born under another sky, placed in the middle of an always-moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent wh…"

"The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes abo…"

"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everythi…"

"The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That i…"

"Men sometimes submit to shame, to tyranny, to conquest, but they never long suffer anarchy. There is no people so bar…"

"In the midst of this American society, so well policed, so sententious, so charitable, a cold selfishness and complet…"

"So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of th…"