Justice, I think, is the tolerable accomodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accomodations concretely.

We may not stop until we have done our part to fashion a world in which there shall be some share of fellowship; which shall be better than a den of thieves. L…

If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to the individual, we are in…

'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every school, and e…

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

First silence. Then denial. Then support of the insupportable. Then vilification of the dissenters. The pattern is as old as time.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!