I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.

To do good is difficult. One who does good first does something hard to do. I have done many good deeds, and, if my sons, grandsons and their descendants up to the end of the world act in like manner, they too will do much good. But whoever amongst them neglects this, they will do evil. Truly, it is easy to do evil.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.