At bottom he [Carlyle] was probably fond of them [the Americans], but he was always able to conceal it.

The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a privileged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name

To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.

There's a good spot tucked away somewhere in everybody. You'll be a long time finding it, sometimes.