In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

One has to understand that equality ends up by infiltrating the world of politics as it does everywhere else. It would be impossible to imagine men forever unequal in one respect, yet equal in others; they must, in the end, come to be equal in all.
Now, I am aware of only two means of establishing equality in the world of politics: rights have to be granted to every citizen or to none.

everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

In America there are so many ways to make a living that a man usually doesn't turn to politics until he has failed at everything else.

The free worker receives a wage; the slave an education, food, care, clothing; the money that the master spends to keep the slave is drained little by little and in detail; one hardly perceives it.1

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.