The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalized medium of reason, that's all we have standing between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feeling
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It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.
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Ultimately there can be no freedom for self unless it is vouchsafed for others there can be no security where there is fear, and a democratic society presupposes confidence and candor in the relations of men with one another and eager collaboration for the larger ends of life instead of the pursuit of petty, selfish or vainglorious aims.
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In this Court dissents have gradually become majority opinions
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