Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by means far more effective than stretching upon the rack, to obtain disclosure in court of what is whispered in the closet.

I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

Sunshine is the best disinfectant

We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.