What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.

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Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a...

Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a...

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for...

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for...

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and...

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and...

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its...

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its...

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration...

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration...

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though...

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though...

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we...

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we...

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution,...

It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution,...

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man

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

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

Thou shalt not ration justice.

Thou shalt not ration justice.

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into...

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into...

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice,...

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice,...

We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by...

We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by...