Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.

you can't escape tomorrow's responsibilities by evading it today

Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

[I]f the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting, the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their Government, into the hands of that eminent tribunal.