Alexis de Tocqueville — "I have seen in America the most perfect equality of conditions that can be imagi…"

"The most dangerous of all errors is to believe that error itself is harmless."

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."

"Slavery, which is so cruel to the slave, is prejudicial to the master, and democracy, which is so favorable to the freedom of all citizens, is destructive of the independence of the individual."

"The man who is most likely to succeed in life is the man who is always willing to take a chance."

"I am convinced that a great revolution is at hand, and that it will be more terrible than any that has yet occurred."