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"What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men."

"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do."

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."

"There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world."

"He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men."
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"The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people."


"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."


"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."


"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"


"Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor."


"The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government."


"No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment."
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