We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.