Alexis de Tocqueville

The American dream is a dream of self-reliance and individual achievement.

The American people are a people of generosity, and their generosity is a source of their compassion.

The American system of government is a system of checks and balances.

The American ideal is an ideal of equality and opportunity.

The American experiment is a beacon of hope for the world.

The American people are a people of integrity, and their integrity is a source of their trustworthiness.

The American future is a future of progress and prosperity.

The American spirit is a spirit of resilience and adaptability.

The American dream is a dream of freedom and self-determination.

The American, in his conversation, is always talking about the future; the European, about the past.

The American is a born experimentalist.

In America, the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers, an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he ever goes beyond them.

The Americans are a very religious people, but they are not very religious in the European sense of the word.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the supporter of just rights, the upholder of the oppressed, and the enemy of the rich and powerful.

The Americans have a democratic constitution, but they have not yet learned to be democratic.

The love of equality is not the only passion that animates men in democracies; they also have a passion for liberty.

The Americans have a peculiar way of doing things; they do not like to be told what to do.

The American is a restless creature; he is always moving, always changing, always seeking something new.

The American is a practical man; he is not interested in theories or abstract ideas.

The American is a man of the present; he does not dwell on the past or worry about the future.