Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at….

There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the ….

As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can't have it both ways. S….

Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there,….

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness..

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will incre….

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth..

Society will develop a new kind of servitude which covers the surface of society with a network of complicated rules, through which the most original….

I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as dea….

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not r….

One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic..

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith..

Religion in America . . . Must be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions for that country; for if it does not impart a taste for free….

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults..

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialis….

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

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order..

When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term, and pu….

Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. Ame….

I am deeply convinced that any permanent, regular administrative system whose aim is to provide for the needs of the poor will breed more miseries th….

Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power..