The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

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

Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can control terrestrial forces only by obeying their laws. The legislator must formulate in his statutes not only the national will, but also those great laws of social life revealed by statistics.

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.

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.