Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
An unjust law is a species of violence. Arrest for it’s breach is even more so.
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
A man bcomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow men.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote the freedom to err.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the fault of others.
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
Fear has it’s use but cowardice has none.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.