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Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

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Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

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The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

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Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.

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There are no shortcuts in evolution.

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We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.

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Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

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However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.

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The difference between a nation and a nationality is clear, but it is not always observed. Likeness between members is the essence of nationality, but the members of a nation may be very different. A nation may be composed of many nationalities, as some of the most successful nations are.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: November 13th, 1856

Died: October 3rd, 1941

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