Alexis de Tocqueville — "The Americans are a people who are always in motion, always changing, always see…"

"The Americans are a people who are always in a hurry, and they have no time for anything that does not bring them immediate profit."

"It is difficult to imagine how many of those who love liberty, and who sincerely desire it, are yet ready to give it up at the first alarm."

"The Americans have a great taste for physical gratifications. They are always seeking to procure them, and they are never satisfied."

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

"In America, conspiracies are unknown; in France, they are the daily news."