I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
タグ: law, think, believe, death

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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
タグ: doing, picture, painting, life
When in doubt, do it.
タグ: doubt
The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
タグ: common-sense, law, experience, history
On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
タグ: who, end, i-am, life
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
タグ: greatly, calling, every, great
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