In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.

Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.

Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.

I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor - anybody can do that - but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.

Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the freewill to select his course.