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

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it

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

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it

Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always be considerable, either because taxes cannot touch those who vote for them or because they are asse

I Like this quote I dislike this quote Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.