Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

If [women] become tired or even die, that does not matter. Let them die in childbirth--that is why they are there.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.

It is believed that a trial of Richard Nixon, if it became necessary, could not fairly begin until a year or more has elapsed. In the meantime, the tranquility…

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.