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.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

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

I used to oppose women's suffrage and I've come to support it because these women have convinced me that we need full gender equality for full democratic participation.

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

Ownership has been separated from control; and this separation has removed many of the checks which formerly operated to curb the misuse of wealth and power.