The scent of frying astronomers long ago ceased to ascend to Yahweh.

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

One does not arise from such a book as Sister Carrie with a smirk of satisfaction; one leaves it infinitely touched.

Philosophy, as the modern world knows it, is only intellectual club-swinging.

If what I may believe - about gall-stones, the Constitution, castor oil, or God - is conditioned by law, then I am not a free man.

Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person to object. But if that is their mood, then they had better proceed toward their aim by changing the Constitution and not by forgetting it.