The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.

There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.

Law never is, but is always about to be.

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.

The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.

Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.