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The constitutional right of free expression is powerful medicine in a society as diverse and populous as ours.

It is confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of law.

The endorsement of that position by the majority of this Court can only lend credence to the most cynical appraisal of the work of judges throughout the land.

Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear.

Liberty and law have marched hand in hand.

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

If ever any system of privilege and enforced subjection had its yoke tightly riveted on the necks of those who are kept down by it, this has.

Her power often gives her what she has no right to, but does not enable her to assert her own rights.

The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

In regard to foreign nations, the groundwork of my policy will be justice on our part to all, submitting to injustice from none.

Deep-rooted Customs, though wrong, are not easily altered; but it is the Duty of every one to be firm in that which they certainly know is right for them.

How mighty, as to the outward, is that Power by which they are borne down, and oppressed!

Now to keep faithful to the pure Counsellor, and under trying Circumstances suffer Adversity for Righteousness Sake, in this there is a Reward.

Have none of my Fellow Creatures an equitable Right to any Part which is called mine?

The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color.

The concepts of "majority" and "minority" necessarily reflect temporary arrangements and political judgments.

The observed worker should be made to realize the purpose and importance of the measurement. The observing should always be done with his full knowledge and hearty coöperation.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.

Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.

If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

The confirmed criminal is as much entitled to redress as his most virtuous fellow citizen; no record of crime, however long, makes one an outlaw.

They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone

Anger is not only a vice, but a vice point-blank against nature, for it divides instead of joining

The real limit to be observed in friendship is this: the characters of two friends must be stainless.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs.