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The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.


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Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.



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We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.



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

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



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In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal



The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.



In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.



The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.



Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.



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The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.





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