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

"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."

"I have often seen that men are more afraid of losing what they have than of not gaining what they desire."

"It is difficult to make a people who have been accustomed to live under a despotic government, understand the advantages of liberty."