590. (12-23-2009) Materialism is, amongst all nations, a dangerous disease of the human mind; but it is more especially to be dreaded...

585. (12-21-2009) There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people. When the taste for physical...

571. (12-5-2009) …a despot may find that it is his interest to render his subjects equal and to leave them ignorant, in order more...

560. (11-26-2009) (This is what the books, “The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America” and “Brainwashing” both discuss, and here we see it...

549. (11-6-2009) What resistance can be offered by manners of so pliant a make that they have already often yielded? What strength can...

542. (A note on education)ATJ The observer who is desirous of forming an opinion on the state of instruction (education)ATJ amongst ...

536. (10-25-2009) (Listen to this, and remember it was said in the 1830s.)ATJ I do not question that the great austerity of manners...

526. When the central Government which represents that majority has issued a decree, it must entrust the execution of its will to...

519. (10-14-2009) Democracy does not confer the most skillful kind of government upon the people, but it produces that which the most...

511. (10-6-2009) The people can never penetrate into the perplexing labyrinth of court intrigue, and it will always have difficulty...

505. It has been observed that man rarely retains his customary level in presence of very critical circumstances; he rises above or he...

495. The pains which are taken to create parties are inconceivable, and at the present day it is no easy task. In the United States...

491. One of the circumstances which most powerfully contribute to support the Federal Government in America is that the States have not...

483. Every government seems to be afflicted by some evil which is inherent in its nature, and the genius of the legislator is shown in...

27. (8-26-2012) There is an inverse relationship between the size and power of government and the extent of individual freedom. Some...

479. How can a populace, unaccustomed to freedom in small concerns, learn to use it temporarily in great affairs? What resistance can be...

466. It was never assumed in the United States that the citizen of a free country has a right to do whatever he pleases; on the...

464. In the nations by which the sovereignty of the people is recognized every individual possesses an equal share of power, and...

456. In studying the laws which were promulgated at this first era of the American republic, it is impossible not to be struck by the...

449. (8-28-2009) After the birth of a human being his early years are obscurely spent in the toils or pleasures of childhood. As he...