The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.

Judicial judgment must take deep account...of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

Congress is, after all, not a body of laymen unfamiliar with the commonplaces of our law. This legislation was the formulation of the two Judiciary Committees, all of whom are lawyers, and the Congress is predominately a lawyers' body.

There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.