"The American has no past; he has only the present and the future. He lives in a perpetual state of creation; he is forever building, forever destroying, forever renewing."

"The Americans have a great taste for physical gratifications. They are always seeking to procure them, and they are never satisfied."

"The Americans are a people who are always in a hurry, and they have no time for anything that does not bring them immediate profit."

"I am convinced that the greatest evil in the world is not war, but revolution."

"I do not believe that the American people are capable of governing themselves without the aid of religion."