Society Is Always Trying In Some Way

It Is Mere Childishness To Expect Men To Believe As Their Fathers Did; That Is, If They Have Any Minds Of Their Own. The World Is A Whole Generation Older And Wiser Than When The Father Was Of His Son's Age.

Our Test Of Truth Is A Reference To Either A Present Or Imagined Future Majority In Favour Of Our View.

The Most Stringent Protection Of Free Speech Would Not Protect A Man In Falsely Shouting Fire In A Theater And Causing A Panic.

Most Of Us Retain Enough Of The Theological Attitude To Think That We Are Little Gods.

The Provisions Of The Constitution Are Not Mathematical Formulas Having Their Essence In Their Form; They Are Organic, Living Institutions Transplanted From English Soil. Their Significance Is Vital, Not Formal; It Is To Be Gathered Not Simply By Taking The Words And A Dictionary, But By Considering Their Origin And The Line Of Their Growth.