We prate of freedom; we are in deadly fear of life, as much of our own American scene betrays.

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely.

In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Mother's love created our awe-inspiring moral sense

Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate.

I want to see the stats for how many crosses there have been; it's been incredulous

Trust Christ, but do not trust yourself

Anger is a wasted emotion.

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

Brass, stay down all summer.

I don't have time to read a lot. And when I do, I read things that have just the facts.

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'

Ideas come from curiosity.