Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has well been said, 'the essential characteristic of true liberty is that under its shelter many different types of life and character and opinion and belief can develop unmolested and unobstructed.'

When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty.

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution.

The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.