The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

There is a spark of idealism within every individual which can be fanned into flame and bring forth extraordinary results.

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

Sunshine is the best disinfectant