I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor as such differences become less, it grows feeble and when they disappear, it will vanish too.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

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

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.