Official truth is not actual truth.

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.

The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.

Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.