"The Americans are a very peculiar people; they have a way of doing things which is entirely their own."

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

"I do not know if the people of the United States are better off, but I am sure that they are happier than the people of Europe."

"I do not know what to say of a society which, after having created a magnificent civilization, seems to be on the point of destroying itself by its own hands."

"I am not afraid that they will find bad governments, but that they will find governments that are not interested in the well-being of the people."