I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.

The liar is no whit better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.

I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.

The hardest lessons to learn are those that are the most obvious.

The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy.