We want no dictatorship of physicists, as physicists. If our democracy is to realize its full promise, we want no dictatorship at all - of any species. What we want and need is the enlightened and active interest of all men of intelligence and goodwill in their government, and their participation in its functions.

Justice is what the judge ate for breakfast.

The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.

To say I removes a false impression of a Jovian aloofness.

Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial.

Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization.

To the somnambulist, sleep-walking may seem more pleasant and less hazardous than wakeful walking, but the latter is the wiser mode of locomotion in the congested traffic of a modern community. It is about time to abandon judicial somnambulism.