"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."    

"Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves."
 Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. He was best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution, today is considered an early work of sociology and political science.