What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.
Never forgive at the ballot box!
Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.
The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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.