I dared not trust the case on the presumption that the court knows everything. In fact, I argued it on the presumption that the court didn't know anything.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.

Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the social order as more important than the wages of money [interest].

We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.

I can't spare this man, he fights!

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.