"The American democracy is a very imperfect democracy, but it is the best that the world has ever seen."

"I have always regarded the Americans as a people who are more interested in their own private affairs than in the public good."

"The Americans are a people of shopkeepers, and they have the virtues and vices of shopkeepers."

"The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory."

"The Americans are a people who are very proud of their country, but they are also a people who are very critical of it."