Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties.

Democracy is moral before it is political.

In differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress.

Behind every argument is somebody's ignorance. Rediscover the foundation of truth and the purpose and causes of dispute immediately disappear.

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties... They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty... that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.

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