No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.