Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.