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

"The American is a man who is always trying to improve himself, and he is never satisfied with what he has."

"I think that the most important thing for a nation is to have a good government, even if it is a despotic one."

"I am not a democrat, but I have a profound sympathy for democracy."

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