Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?