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

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.

There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. She will have nothing from him who will not give her all. She knows that his pretended love serves but to betray. But when once the fierce heat of her quenchless, lustrous eyes have burned into the victim's heart, he will know no other smile but hers.

You can't get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

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.