It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and wh… - Alexis de Tocqueville

Translation: In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils it creates.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve, it permits men to breathe, to reflect, to communicate their thoughts with each other, and to gauge by what they already have the extent of their rights and their grievances. The weight, although less heavy, seems then all the more unbearable.