It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that can win political power.

I see no reason why I should be consciously wrong today because I was unconsciously wrong yesterday.

The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is a copyright of totalitarianism, and we have no claim to it.

If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us.

Perhaps you have heard about the college executives who were discussing what they wanted to do after retirement age. One hoped to run a prison or school of correction so that the alumni would never come back to visit. Another chose to manage an orphan asylum so that he would not be plagued with advice from parents.