Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about - you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer.

But the word "right" is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise to an unqualified one in the conclusion. Most rights are qualified.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

To know is not less than to feel.

The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Its history is the history of the moral development of the race.

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.