To be engaged in opposing wrong affords, under the conditions of our mental constitution, but a slender guarantee for being right.
To be engaged in opposing wrong affords, under the conditions of our mental constitution, but a slender guarantee for being right.
Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution as the most remarkable work known to me in modern times to have been produced by the human intellect, at a single stroke (so to speak), in its application to political affairs.
The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.
National injustice is a sure road to national downfall.
As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas.
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