Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

Real political issues cannot be manufactured by the leaders of political parties, and real ones cannot be evaded by political parties. The real political issues of the day declare themselves, and come out of the depths of that deep which we call public opinion.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

Statistics has been the handmaid of science, and has poured a flood of light upon the dark questions of famine and pestilence, ignorance and crime, disease and death.

In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.