The progress of science in furnishing the government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire tapping. Ways may some day be developed by which the government, without removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court, and by which it will be enabled to expose to a jury the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer' was said by James Otis of much lesser intrusions than these.

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.