Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
There are no shortcuts in evolution.
The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.
The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
