With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.

Criminal cases receive the attention of the press. The cruel and disagreeable things of life are more apt to get the newspaper space than the pleasant ones. It must be that most people enjoy hearing of and reading about the troubles of others. Perhaps men unconsciously feel that they rise in the general level as others go down.

Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.

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

Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.

In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.

It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class.