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.

Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory.

History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.

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

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.

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

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.