It was in the recognition that there is in each man a final essence, that is to say an immortal soul which only God can judge, that a limit was set upon the dominion of men over men.

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

It is not the idea as such which the censor attacks, whether it be heresy or radicalism or obscenity. He attacks the circulation of the idea among the classes which in his judgment are not to be trusted with the idea.

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.