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?

Quote by Alexis De Tocqueville

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Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

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

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

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of...

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of...

I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in...

I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die...

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

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

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged...

The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of...

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation....

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation....

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and...

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words...

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words...

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more...

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more...

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

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

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely...

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I...

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

Today is a leap year and women are supposed to pluck up some courage and...

Today is a leap year and women are supposed to pluck up some courage and...