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It is not kind in you to desire an increase of my friendship; that is to doubt it is not as great already as it can be, than which you cannot do me a greater injury.

How I should love that plain-heartedness you speak of, if you would use it; nothing is civil but that amongst friends.

Love is a terrible word, and I should blush to death if anything but a letter accused me on't.

Chide me when I do anything that is not well, but then make haste to tell me that you have forgiven me, and that you are what I shall ever be, a faithful friend.

a real kindness is so far beyond all compliment, that it never appears more than when there is least of t'other mingled with it

If you love me you will; and if you do not, I shall never love myself.

This trial comes at a moment when man's power to achieve good or to inflict evil surpasses the brightest hopes and the sharpest fears of all ages.

For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

as it must be the supreme purpose of all free men, so it must be the dedication of their leaders, to save humanity from preying upon itself

It decrees that we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex

in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.

To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

The basic concept underlying the Eighth Amendment is nothing less than the dignity of man.

The Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.

When the Government acts to take away the fundamental right of citizenship, the safeguards of the Constitution should be examined with special diligence.

Our answer is this: a denial of constitutionally protected rights demands judicial protection; our oath and our office require no less of us.

Our constitutional system amply provides for the protection of minorities by means other than giving them majority control of state legislatures.

To the extent that a citizen's right to vote is debased, he is that much less a citizen.

The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.

Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.

Each time you happen to me all over again.

The economy of injustice is to furnish resources for the fund of corruption.

Our attempts to banish this importunate duty will only make it return upon us again and again, and every time in a shape more unpleasant than the former.