The Law Does Not Pretend To Punish

The Time Will Come When All People Will View With Horror Light Way In Which Society And Its Courts Of Law Now Take Human Life; And When That Time Comes, The Way Will Be Clear To Device Some Better Method Of Dealing With Poverty And Ignorance And Their Frequent Byproducts, Which We Call Crime.

If There Is A Soul, What Is It, And Where Did It Come From, And Where Does It Go? Can Anyone Who Is Guided By His Reason Possibly Imagine A Soul Independent Of A Body, Or The Place Of Its Residence, Or The Character Of It, Or Anything Concerning It? If Man Is Justified In Any Belief Or Disbelief On Any Subject, He Is Warranted In The Disbelief In A Soul. Not One Scrap Of Evidence Exists To Prove Any Such Impossible Thing.

Laws Should Be Like Clothes. They Should Be Made To Fit The People They Are Meant To Serve.

Thirteen States With A Population Less Than That Of New York State Alone Can Prevent Repeal [of Prohibition] Until Halley's Comet Returns. One Might As Well Talk About A Summer Vacation On Mars.

Anyone Can Spot A Lie, Unless He Is In Need Of That Lie.