It may never come, but I fancy than no man who has sympathy for the human race does not wish that sometime those who labor should have the whole product of their toil. Probably it will never come, but I wish that the time might come when men who work in the industries would own the industries.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

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

Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.

The consideration and kindness shown by unfortunates to each other are surprising to those who have no experience with this class of men. Often to find real sympathy you must go to those who know what misery means.

I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor - anybody can do that - but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.