No greater mistake can be made than to think that our institutions…

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

The most ominous spirit of our times, as it seems to me, is the indication of the growth of an intolerent spirit.

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution.

The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope!

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.