No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism.

Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use.

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

I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.

The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.

Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.