Statutes are mere milestone, telling how far yesterday's thought had traveled; and the talk of the sidewalk today is the law of the land. With us, law in nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

There is nothing stronger than human prejudice.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.

Our agitation, you know, helps keep yours alive in the rank and file.

There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself. Suppose she does; there are certain principles which limit this right. Society has got the murderer within four walls; he never can do any more harm. Has society any need to take that man's life to protect itself? If any society has only the right that the individual has, she has no right to inflict the penalty of death, because she can effectually restrain the individual from ever again committing his offence.

Aristocracy is always cruel.