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

"I am not afraid of the storm, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"The Americans are a people who are always looking for a new way to do things, and they are very good at finding it."

"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 encountered passionate materialists whose closing of the eyes to faith was as fanatical as religious zeal."