Alexis de Tocqueville — "The American is a man who loves his country more than he loves himself."

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

"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 most dangerous of all errors is to believe that there is no error."

"I have no doubt that the American people will in the end overcome all the difficulties that they have to encounter."

"I do not think that the white and black races will ever live in any country upon an equal footing. But I believe that they will remain in a state of hostility, unless they are separated."