The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees.

The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone.

Repression breeds hate; hate menaces stable government.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

No one can really pull you up very high - you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains.

Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values.