A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few.

Seldom, if ever, does wisdom come, shall we punish it if it comes late?

If a community decides that some conduct is prejudicial to itself, and so decides by numbers sufficient to impose its will upon dissenters, I know of no principle which can stay its hand.

The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

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

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

Life in a great society, or for that matter in a small, is a web of tangled relations of all sorts, whose adjustment so that it may be endurable is an extraordinarily troublesome matter.