At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

The best of wages will not compensate for excessively long working hours which undermine heath.

If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.

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

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.