"No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country."

"In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it."

"The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colors breaking through."

"America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.… No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man; and in his eyes what is not yet done is only what he has not yet attempted to do."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"It is a enduring truth that the ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat."

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

"It is a humble truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact."