The profession of the law of which he [a judge] is a part is charged with the articulation and final incidence of the successive efforts towards justice; it must feel the circulation of the communal blood or it will wither and drop off, a useless member.

Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises at people who may be no worse than I am.

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.

The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer.

The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins.

Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak.

Tyranny is tyranny, no matter what its form; the free man will resist it if his courage serves.