Alexis de Tocqueville

The American woman is as free as the American man, and she is at least as intelligent.

I do not know whether the Americans have a good or a bad government; but I know that they have a very strong government.

The American people are a people of shopkeepers, and they are always thinking of their own private interests.

The most important of man's rights is to be allowed to live in a society where he is free to choose his own religion, and to follow his own conscience.

The Americans are a very restless people. They are always moving from one place to another, and they are never satisfied.

Equality, in a free government, must be established by law; but it must also be established by manners.

I have always regarded the Americans as a people who are more interested in their own private affairs than in the public good.

The Americans are a people who are very fond of novelties, and they are always ready to try new things.

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

The most important of all political questions is the question of property.

The Americans are a very proud people, and they are very sensitive to any criticism of their country.

I do not believe that the American people are capable of governing themselves without the aid of religion.

The greatest danger that threatens the American Republic is the rise of a new aristocracy.

The love of wealth is the principal source of all the great actions of the Americans.

The American democracy is a very imperfect democracy, but it is the best that the world has ever seen.

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

The most important of all human institutions is the family.

The American people are a people who are very fond of their own opinions, and they are not always very tolerant of the opinions of others.

I have no doubt that the American people will in the end overcome all the difficulties that they have to encounter.

The American people are a people who are very fond of comfort, and they are not always very fond of liberty.