I would rather that we all should go to eternal chaos, to black and starless night, than that just one soul should suffer eternal agony.

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.

I have not the slightest confidence in 'spiritual manifestations.'

If the Bible and my brain are both the work of the same infinite God, whose fault is it that the book and my brain do not agree?

The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership.

I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new truth, last of all, and only when denial has become useless.

Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas.