Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit...

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

The heart is the best reflective thinker.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor., infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor...

The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.

The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...