"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind."

"The greatest danger that can come to a nation is to have its institutions so encrusted that it cannot change them."

"I am a strong believer in the doctrine of 'equal opportunity for all, special privileges for none.'"

"I am not in the least concerned with the abstract rights of the matter, but with the concrete facts."

"Unless we are willing to fight for our ideals, we shall lose them."