Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

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

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation

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

It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.

The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will take care of themselves. Look after the courts of the poor, who stand most in need of justice. The security of the republic will be found in the treatment of the poor and the ignorant. In indifference to their misery and helplessness lies disaster.