People in this world are not often logical.

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom

Different strokes for different folks.

Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.

Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.

The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

Do you, good people, believe that Adam and Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and that they were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge? I do. The church has always been afraid of that tree. It still is afraid of knowledge. Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey. I believe in the brain of man.