The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

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

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company

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

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.

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. Its grants of power to the federal government and its limitations of the power of the States were determined in the light of emergency, and they are not altered by emergency.