Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details. - Alexis de Tocqueville

Now I know of only two methods of establishing equality in the political world; every citizen must be put in possession of his rights, or rights must be granted to no one.

Among these widely differing families of men, the first that attracts attention, the superior in intelligence, in power, and in enjoyment, is the white, or European, the MAN pre-eminently so called, below him appear the Negro and the Indian.

Not in vain oaths should prudent men believe,
But put their trust in actions.