A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.

A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.

Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.