Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery.

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.