Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.

Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realization of a political ideal; it is the discharge of a moral obligation.

Eat before shopping. If you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary purchases.

Study the past if you would define the future.

Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices.

We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives.