The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.

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

The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more imperative is the need to preserve the constitutional rights of free speech, free press and free assembly in order to maintain the opportunity for free political discussion.

Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps of his progress are taken without improper aids; that he calls no one master, that he does not win or deserve the reputation of being a tool of others, and that if called to public service he may assume its duties with the satisfaction of knowing that he is free to rise to the height of his opportunity.

In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law.

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