A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.
Category Archive: 1805
I am a mystery to myself.
I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned.
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.