Alexis de Tocqueville

The Americans are a very wise people, and they always make good decisions.

The Americans are a very strong people, and they are not easily defeated.

The Americans are a very free people, and they value their liberty above all else.

The Americans are a very happy people, and they enjoy life to the fullest.

The Americans are a very optimistic people, and they always look on the bright side of things.

The Americans are a very resilient people, and they always bounce back from adversity.

The Americans are a very creative people, and they are always coming up with new ideas.

The Americans are a very innovative people, and they are always finding new ways to do things.

The Americans are a very progressive people, and they are always moving forward.

The Americans are a very diverse people, and they come from all over the world.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.

In politics, shared hatreds are almost always more potent than shared loves.

There is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America.

The tyranny of the majority is more to be feared than that of a single despot.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and freedom of discussion as America.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

In democratic ages men rarely form great designs.

The taste for the luxurious, or a desire to surround themselves with the conveniences of life, is with the Americans an ardent and almost universal passion.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.